In Doctors We (No Longer) Trust

In Doctors We (No Longer) Trust
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Jennifer Margulis
Joe Wang
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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.

Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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