A physician’s opinion on second opinions

In medicine, there are those patients that know they have a morbid underlying diagnosis, and no doctor can convince them otherwise. And there are also those that know they are perfectly well and need no treatment, and no doctor can convince them otherwise.

The need for second opinions often arises out of such conflicts.

A patient’s request for a second opinion is not uncommon in medicine, though such a request is often …

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