As a physician, dentist, pharmacist, do you help your family?

Any of you practitioners "help" your family by taking them on as patients? For example, the dentist does his aging mother's partial dentures or dentures, etc, or a surgeon performs a surgery on his father who needed a CABG?





Just a curious thought. Thanks

As a physician, dentist, pharmacist, do you help your family?
Using your knowledge to help a family member is definitely appropriate when it comes to helping facilitate appropriate medical care. Doctors and nurses should avoid treating a family member soley, rather, they can assist in helping someone examine symptoms and if they should see a doctor or try an OTC remedy. They can direct in what types of questions to ask when seeing a provider. They can recommend a good provider or hospital. They can alert a family member if they feel something was overlooked. They can be a presence, just like any other family member, which increases the chance or getting the right kind of care. They can also help alert their loved ones to the possible dangers within the health system! And last, I have heard of physicians prescribing antibiotics or other common remedies, but never surgery or any other complicated procedure or diagnosing.





Doctors and nurses can be bad patients! They should never, ever diagnose themselves, and should rely on a trusted health care professional just like anyone else.
Reply:I am a doctor and I think knowing and having the knowlege helped me and my family to a great deal when I needed it.For example I could help myself when I came across a terrible health condition, no one else, could.....I searched a lot and after a year I did what I could based on my knowlege...I also could help my parents too. .....although If I were a surgeon I would not probably keen to operate on my family memeber.
Reply:and yes I've filled prescriptions for your family. What is your question?
Reply:Absolutely not. Bad idea.





Why? Because objectivity is critical in the practice of medicine. I seriously doubt that anyone could be objective when a family member was the patient.