4 Questions You Should Always Ask Your Doctor @TED @TEDx #shorts #tedxtalks
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There is a lot of unnecessary
variation of treatment decisions,
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especially in the Western world.
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You need to get in the front seat
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with your doctor and start
sharing decisions on where to go.
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Four questions, simple questions.
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Consider them your new toolbox to help us.
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Is this really necessary?
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What are the risks?
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Are there other options?
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And what happens if I don't do anything?
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Ask them when your doctor
wants to send you to an MRI,
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when he prescribes antibiotics,
or suggests an operation.
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What we know from research
is that one out of five of you,
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20 percent, will change your
opinion on what to do.
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And by doing that, you will
not only have made your life
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a whole lot easier
and probably even better.
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But the whole healthcare sector
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will have benefited from your decision.
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