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Old 08-18-2006, 09:13 PM   #41 (permalink)
Vlal
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Originally Posted by Mallory
You have to be your own primary health care advocate.
Yes, that is true.

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No one is just waiting around to help you
I hope I didn't give that impression.

Having said that, I do think doctors should be "waiting around to help us", after all that's why they trained to become doctors (I would hope): that they wanted to help people and to transform people's lives. Unfortunately my GPs services are controlled by government targets, primary healthcare trust budgets and IMO are a glorified shop front for pharmaceutical companies (even my doctor agrees to this), but then that's just my opinion and I am sure other people would differ with me on this point.

I am currently looking into going to see a private healthcare practioner in London, however I have to save up the money to do that (comfortably) as I don't want to go to the initial consultation and then find I cannot pay for treatments etc.

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