How many times have you heard someone say, “It’s okay, I trust my doctor”? This happens to us a lot. When we try to share health information with friends, family, or colleagues, we are met with resistance. “My doctor says it’s safe,” a family member will say, “and I trust my doctor.”
On the surface, trusting your doctor seems to make good sense. After all, getting into medical school is highly competitive and medical doctors receive over six years of education after they’ve gone to college.
In addition, a 2017 meta-analysis found that patients who trust their health providers have higher patient satisfaction, engage in more beneficial health behaviors, report suffering from fewer symptoms, and even seem to have a higher quality of life than patients who don’t. (1)…