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<blockquote data-quote="OGTHUG4LIFE" data-source="post: 3056471" data-attributes="member: 135639">There are the patients who prefer to just follow what ever the doctor&#039;s orders are, but there is a growing and, to my mind, positive movement for patients to become self educated and self advocates.&nbsp; The patient is a very important part of the treatment team and, yes, they have the ultimate right to decide on their course of treatment.Besides, it is very logical.&nbsp; Who knows more about their body and condition then the patient- just because two people have the same diagnosis doesn&#039;t mean they have the same disease process or prognosis.&nbsp; Ignoring that could be very detrimental to the&nbsp; patient&#039;s treatment.Edit:Oh, and complimentary implies in addition to not in place of.&nbsp; Which is the position I have been arguing.&nbsp; Once again, there are no downsides to complimentary therapies- even those without scientific evidence provide a significant improvement in the patient&#039;s wellness as well as an often observed improvement in the physical condition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OGTHUG4LIFE, post: 3056471, member: 135639"] There are the patients who prefer to just follow what ever the doctor's orders are, but there is a growing and, to my mind, positive movement for patients to become self educated and self advocates. The patient is a very important part of the treatment team and, yes, they have the ultimate right to decide on their course of treatment. Besides, it is very logical. Who knows more about their body and condition then the patient- just because two people have the same diagnosis doesn't mean they have the same disease process or prognosis. Ignoring that could be very detrimental to the patient's treatment. Edit: Oh, and complimentary implies in addition to not in place of. Which is the position I have been arguing. Once again, there are no downsides to complimentary therapies- even those without scientific evidence provide a significant improvement in the patient's wellness as well as an often observed improvement in the physical condition. [/QUOTE]

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