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[quote=Anonymous]I think this comes down to a combination of factors:
1) readily available unfiltered information online
2) poor science education in this country
3) poor media education /critical thinking
4) women having negative experiences with medical authorities 
5) genuine limitations of our mainstream medical model that are not widely acknowledged

Health practitioners really need to acknowledge the problem on a holistic level and not demonize individual patients for their attitude. Otherwise it will become even more antagonistic and worsen the problem.

For ex., antibiotics. Clearly needed to prevent complications of strep in children.  The patient refusing to give them does have some information on the negative implications of routine over-prescription but doesn’t know enough to ask the right questions about risks to make an informed judgment. Knows how to read online but not how to look for proper research. Understands one issue but overgeneralizes. And may have had an uninformed doctor treating her in the past. I’ve encountered many such doctors myself, and frankly having taught in top universities I would say that often the very top rung of students doesn’t go into clinical medicine but into research. Not every doctor is a great doctor.

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