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Prevent unnecessary medical care — by asking your doctor these 4 questions first
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1309" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://ideas.ted.com/prevent-unnecessary-medical-care-by-asking-your-doctor-these-4-questions-first/" target="_blank"><strong>Prevent unnecessary medical care — by asking your doctor these 4 questions first - Ted</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>“Doctor, is this really necessary?” </strong></p><p></p><p>Oslo neurosurgeon <a href="https://thehealthcareleadership.academy/christer-mjaset/" target="_blank">Christer Mjåset</a>, vice president of the Norwegian Medical Association, says that he experienced a jolt when a woman asked him this question, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J32o1zQbas" target="_blank">he recalls in a TEDxOslo talk</a>. It was a first in his career — he’d never had a patient say this to him.</p><p></p><p>It occurred after <a href="https://thehealthcareleadership.academy/christer-mjaset/" target="_blank">Mjåset</a> suggested spinal surgery to her; she was troubled by intense pain caused by a herniated cervical disc. While he’d performed this procedure many times before, it did come with risks — with paralysis from the neck down being one of the most serious. This led the patient to ask: “Doctor, is this really necessary?”</p><p></p><p><strong>“You know what I realized right there and then?” Mjåset says. “It was not.” </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1309, member: 1"] [URL='https://ideas.ted.com/prevent-unnecessary-medical-care-by-asking-your-doctor-these-4-questions-first/'][B]Prevent unnecessary medical care — by asking your doctor these 4 questions first - Ted[/B][/URL] [B]“Doctor, is this really necessary?” [/B] Oslo neurosurgeon [URL='https://thehealthcareleadership.academy/christer-mjaset/']Christer Mjåset[/URL], vice president of the Norwegian Medical Association, says that he experienced a jolt when a woman asked him this question, [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J32o1zQbas']he recalls in a TEDxOslo talk[/URL]. It was a first in his career — he’d never had a patient say this to him. It occurred after [URL='https://thehealthcareleadership.academy/christer-mjaset/']Mjåset[/URL] suggested spinal surgery to her; she was troubled by intense pain caused by a herniated cervical disc. While he’d performed this procedure many times before, it did come with risks — with paralysis from the neck down being one of the most serious. This led the patient to ask: “Doctor, is this really necessary?” [B]“You know what I realized right there and then?” Mjåset says. “It was not.” [/B] [/QUOTE]
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