I was told by a doctor after asking to have my Vitamin D level tested "Vitamin D? you're too young to worry about stuff like that.." (I was 26). I insist, and he calls a few days later to say 'You're severely deficient, under 20 nmol/L which is below the sensitivity of the test". Your health is really in your own hands... can't trust doctors to do it for you.
härjaren Langstrumpf very true, in fact the last thing the medical community wants is research into prevention = no profit. cure = some profit treatments = most profit I would emphasize that the incentive for profit isn't their fault, we are all incentivized to gain and maintain a differential advantage over others it is inherent in the use of money to ration resources. We need to retire money if we want to ameliorate crime, corruption, poverty, environmental degradation and war.
S G Amatya it isn't just the pharmaceutical industry that is inherently corrupt, we all are. Inherent in the use of money to ration resources is the incentive to gain and maintain a differential advantage over others. What we need to do is retire money if we want to ameliorate crime, corruption, poverty, environmental degradation and war.
This happens when people become doctors for the wrong reasons. If you want to make money go sell real estate, you'll make a lot more and wont work as many hours. Don't mess with people's lives, they are not machines, once they are gone you can't bring them back. This is highly unethical and doctors who engage in this kind of predatory behavior towards their patient should not be allowed to practice medicine ever again.
+ladynottingham89 - sounds like a "no true scotsman" to me. Whoever sides with you became doctors for the right reason, and vice versa. Sooner or later, chances are you will be jaded, and ask yourself - why shouldn't I act in my best interest - everyone else does.
A step in the right direction, but do you know what I want most? A doctor who respects and listens to me. A doctor who makes recommendations based on what they believe is best for my situation. I want a doctor who doesn't talk to me like I'm too stupid to understand basic biology, a doctor who will tell me, in detail, what they think is going on, and possible solutions. I've suffered various problems for 20 years now, and I have seen many doctors. I'm still suffering, and I'm beyond frustrated. Am I going to have to go to medical school just to figure out why I feel like garbage? Can I no longer trust anyone but myself? Why does it have to be this way?
I had my doctor of 11 years have me sent, by escort to an acute psychiatric ward for evaluation 2 days ago. for having a heated argument about end of life choice, about his role and duty to be a healer and not a pill pusher. I talked to the psychiatrists about what transpired in that discussion and the health difficulties I have had for 44 years now, and about alternative treatment for over an hour. They said to me "I still don't understand why you were sent to us" I said , because I challenged a medical practitioner and I pissed him off. I was released the following morning. This happened here in NE Ontario, Canada, November 11, 2014. Remembrance Day.
Actually, I do occasionally use ginger root for stomach issues. That has saved me on a number of occasions (that's ancient Chinese lore, I believe). Believe me, I'd rather go a more naturalistic route, but mostly because I'm too sensitive to most prescription drugs. My stance is if they work, they work, and if they don't, then it's time to look for alternatives. I'd rather skip doctors altogether, but until I can perform blood tests on myself, I still need them.
kasnitch Utterly miserable. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Somehow, though, I'm not surprised a doctor would do that. I've gotten angry with doctors before, and would do so again, but dang, the whole system is so messed up...
I don't trust my doctor one but. I have really bad asthma and I told her I don't want to keep taking preventive tablets for the rest of my life and asked what should i do ? Was there any alternatives ? Does excercise help ? She told me I have to take them no matter what and do not excersise much ... I did not take her advice I quit the tablets after 3 weeks of running and I don't have asthma any more ... They are paied to give you prescriptions I don't believe they are interested in your overall wellbeing. They don't know a lot about nutrition or excersise just medicine. But great nutrition can cure 90% of disease !!!!!!
I have asthma since 5th grade. Fortunately I had a doctor who was passionate and not greed driven . He took 40+ mins to explain asthma to me and my parents. What foods to avoid in large quantities or at wrong times. He encouraged me to play sports to strengthen my lung capacity. He said I quote " We don't want to cause you any dis-ease so eat what you like, engage in sport but remember moderation is a friend "
5 years later she wants to force inject 90% of the population on this planet. You still think she’s wonderful? I highly doubt it if you say you do. I believe your lying to yourself if you still think so 5 years later.
I wish Dr Wen was our family doctor. For several years we were blessed to have a husband and wife team for our doctors. They were the best -- They always treated their patients as people - not just a body filling an appointment time. We need more doctors like Dr Wen.
@@BiomeducatedMedical community will not allow this type of individual to practice medicine at present, because medicine is a big business, with goal to profit, not necessarily to serve human.
This is why my clinic does what it does. Our motto is "your symptoms tell a story and we listen," and the important part is that we listen. And it's why we don't have to advertise, even with insurance companies (and let's face it, most doctors "take" insurance" because then they don't have to find patients themselves - it's marketing more than payment). The therapeutic relationship is key to all healing relationships. And it's why I am busy. My patients send more patients to me. And the other doctors' practices we work with also refer to us for more complicated cases. It's about medicine, but the outcomes are diminished without an honest and open therapeutic relationship, no matter how talented a doctor is. Dr. Wen is absolutely spot on. I have serious respect for her.
Hi Dr Lee, I give birth to my Baby boy 16the September this year,and I was only 27 weeks pregnant 6 weeks after his birth The Doctors have told me that My Baby Boy have a Triploidy and have no chance of living or any medical treatment. He’s alive, in my eyes he looks healthy, but they keep telling me that he won’t be looking like this,and he will be suffering, he won’t be living and the only Plan for My Sunshine is dying I don’t know why I am telling you this but I believe there’s something that you can do for my Baby Please I Need help Please I need Hope Please please please I Need Hel
A very sincere and brave human being. I'm quite sure the majority of doctors would not be signing up for sure, and I am rather surprise that TED even allows her to talk or hasn't pull this video off air yet. The world needs more of such honest , genuine and beautiful person like her, doctor or otherwise.
She makes a lot of sense and brings up some points that shouldn't be allowed to remain in the shadows. A Dr that represents a certain drug or drug company clearly has a conflict of interest when it comes time to prescribe medications to you. I'd much prefer a Dr with her openness than most of this dr's that keep a wall between you and them.
@paul w i am so glad that at least some people are aware that drugs and surgery should be a last resort, and that food and herbs are what keep us in good health. what a world we could have if people were allowed to be healthy, and doctors and hospitals were only for accidents, necessary surgery, hospice care, and genetic disorders.
Leana Wen does an incredible impression of a human being here. If you just ignore all her facial expressions and all body language cues…she really might pass for a real person.
@@ranjivsaini6990 LOL! She is a shill for the left and a CCP criminal! This worthless shill for the left/CCP is just desirous of pushing her CCP civilian compliance narrative here in America! She's already been on the clueless clown nitwitwork (CNN), pushing vaccination by FORCE to Americans! Sorry, Dr? Wang errr Wen (seems like more of a Wang to me).
She was born in China and her vaxx ideas hold more to her communist roots than to American concepts of freedom and individual liberty. Don't identify with her just because she's the same race as you...her belief system follows the political system she left, not the one she has the luxury to currently live in.
the modern oath doesn't list that, and the original oath it is based on is a little crazy. docs should be transparent whether they have taken an oath or not
I'm here because I am taking a doctor-patient relationship course for premed. None of the Hippocratic oath versions mention anything about a doctor needing to be transparent for their patients. They do all, however, emphasize "Do no harm" to the patient, which can be affected by their lack of transparency.
Thank you so much Leana Wen for being part of bridging that gap. We should stop basing our decisions on fear, especially where people's health is concerned. Keep up the excellent work!
I was at a psychiatrist's office once and I noticed that on her desk she had a mug with the word Cymbalta on it. Guess what she prescribed for my depression? Against my better judgement I took it, and it doubled my depression and anxiety. I very nearly killed myself.
I don't see how a pill could fix the types of problems that cause depression... and I'm skeptical about "chemical imbalances"... chriskresser.com/the-chemical-imbalance-myth
Yeesh. Been there done that. Only I was in my doctor's office when the pharma rep came in with her suitcase. Yes, same diagnosis, same pills, and same result. Should have gone to a psychiatrist or at least a psychologist. First week of taking Cymbalta I keep feeling something was wrong and my anxiety increased severely. He told me to call if anything was wrong. I called him and I felt like something was very very wrong. Almost like I was dying. He said. "You're not dying. Nothing's wrong. It's all in your head." Yep. Then the severe appetite loss depression and anxiety spikes kicked in. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't calm down. Then I did nothing, BUT sleep. Doc still told me to keep taking the pills and there would be side effects if I stopped. Track 3 years later when I moved out of the area. Meet my new doctor. I said I was worried about the side effects of the pills. Should I keep taking them? He pulled the BS answer "Well, are the symptoms you experience worse with or without them?" That wasn't the point! I kept asking if I was endangering my health. Same BS answers. The only piece of information I got was that I wouldn't experience any side effects from stopping. I stopped that very next day. Haven't taken Cymbalta since. That was 8 years ago. Don't trust a doctor in an HMO or a doctor on a pharma leash.
Thank you so much for your talk. You talk about fear of being in a regular hospital.as a professional have intense fear now of even seeing any doctor after being traumatized by being hospitalized in a locked psychiatric hospital many times. I was abused by staff and other patients. I have now lost everything.
@@StartsWithALetter Experimental? It's fully approved and thoroughly tested. With 381 million doses already administered I think that any side effects would have shown up by now.
What greatly contributes to this problem as well is that we're such a litigious society. It might be less so now, but a good many patients for a long time didn't know that doctors and health care scientists are trying to do their best, rational, most intelligent and educated guesswork. The learning never ceases!!
I am truly shocked at the backlash from doctors towards this initiative, largely due to the ethical promises that they made when becoming a doctor. Doctors make a social compact to work in the best interest of their patients. Medical ethics are fundamental to the work that is done by physicians and are an important basis for the patient-doctor relationship. The people in Wen’s study report that they value the doctors’ unbiased judgements, along with competence and similar personal values. These are all areas of autonomy of decision making that are central in medical ethics. The respect for autonomy by doctors is even more important than that of other healthcare providers due to the personal nature of the doctor patient relationship. Disclosing possible conflicts of interest is central to appropriate ethical behavior for physicians. Patients are expected to share more and are put in a very vulnerable position in this relationship, to request this information is not stepping over the line.
Drug companies have a lot to do with that. I used to have a very good doctor that diagnosed me with acid reflux and refused to x-ray my lungs because I knew for certain I still had bronchitis. I had to go to the ER 2 days later, and found out I was correct the whole time. There remained a great deal of bronchitis still left in my lungs, after an x-ray there. Received a second course of antibiotics, and got a little education too about those drugs; acid reflux drugs thicken the mucus in your lungs to an extent you remain sick. I haven't touched any of those reflux drugs since 2016. I brought all of my paperwork back to that doctor for him to read and understand why I wanted to be x-rayed, he just said 'oh well' and I stopped seeing him after that.
Beautifully said!! My husband is a medical doctor (surgeon) and what I've learned about what often goes on behind the scenes has made me wide-eyed, worried, and cynical about the business of medicine for the rest of my life. It certainly has woken me up to the critical need for full transparency. Thank you Dr. Wen for risking your own peace and wellbeing to bring attention to this very important topic. I am seeing your talk for the first time today. It is my hope that all medical providers listen to your message asap and take it to heart.
Rob Nicholson Not me. Medicine is business and pharmaceutical companies own doctors. Do a search on how many doctors and microbiologists have been murdered in the name of greed. The Lyme Disease community is well aware of this...forcing doctors underground.
Lynn Durbin I and my daughter are in the same boat with the Lyme issue... Doctors are absolutely useless with this particular illness. Good wishes and healing to you.
YOU GO GIRL... Thank you for showing me what a beautiful, strong woman you are. Thank you for showing me there is hope for me to step out and walk as myself. Thank you...you kept on going when so much was against you amd have shown us to believe in something special and make a stand for that belief. May God continue to bless everything you put your hand to.
I have heard a lot of stories about dentists in the US over diagnosing cavities when there are actually none. Get a 2nd opinion if they say you have more than 3.
Wow! When I was 4, I was diagnosed with 4 cavities, 3 needed fillings and 1 needed a crown, however when I moved to the 'adult dentists' there was a major decrease in cavity diagnoses. At my 'kid dentist' I was constantly diagnosed with cavities and other stuff, now this comment makes me wonder...
@@plantecsmiths1622 - My wisdom teeth really did need to be removed, as I had no space in my mouth for them to start with. Getting them removed at 21 years old is one the best things I have ever done for my health.
Thank you Dr Wen. I hope that this becomes a movement in medical practice. My wife died 2 yrs ago due to medical malpractice, and conflicts of interest.
+Bubbles 007 I feel that so many doctors have lost sight of what is truly important in terms of the patient’s best interest. I love Dr. Wen’s determination to stand up for the patients because it is the patients that we need to look out for since their health is on the line. Dr. Wen mentioned that many doctors fail to disclose information because of the fear that lies with the responsibilities of being a doctor. The healthcare system needs to overcome that fear in order to lessen the gap between doctor-patient relationships. Communication is one of the biggest foundations to a healthy relationship. With improved communication and disclosure from doctors, many patients will be able to open up and trust their care providers. We need to let down the wall and change the way doctor-patient relationships are handled. I give Dr. Wen credit for standing her ground as a woman in the medical field. She received a lot of backlash after promoting a program that allows doctors to disclose important information about themselves for the interest of the patients. With women like Dr. Wen, change is truly possible. It takes one step at a time.
Ruralife. Keeping someone alive generates dollars. Many doctors in general do not like to give up on life, it is taken as a personal loss, a failure. Hospice is more accepted by balanced professionals who understand life/death/grief. Remember many doctors are young and may not have experienced death of a family member.
Although I don't necessarily agree with the speaker's values, the beauty of her proposal is that I don't need to. If doctors take a stand by their values, patients will be able to choose whom to trust. The tricky part is how to keep these declarations honest and how to make sure that government doesn't pursue the doctors whose values go against current political correctness.
Stasiek Janikowski Being a fierce and unapologetic opponent to political correctness myself, I'm very interested in your elaborating a bit further on the last part of your comment.
Torchmark , for example increasingly often, due to pressure of some groups, doctors are forced by the governments to perform abortion and those who refuse can lose their job. Yet there are many pregnant women that look for a doctor who will not even consider or suggest abortion as a way out of their unborn's health issues. These women would benefit from having doctors clearly stand by their values, but the doctors would be potentially put at risk.
Stasiek Janikowski Exactly! I agree with her but like what you said, I'd prefer a doctor who actual cares about life and stands by the Hippocratic Oath they took.
People don't sue people. Lawyers do. By gun-grabber logic the world would be a much much happier and safer place if we'd just eliminate all the lawyers.
I love this idea! This way we can see where the money is going. If the doctor has incentive to give out a particular prescription or do a certain procedure. Transparency is key to patient safety. This may help dredge out the corruption in the industry.
Good for you. Time and time again I have doctors that actually talk with me a couple minutes and rush out without listening to me. Other doctors have told me that my listening to my body has saved my life (when other doctors wouldn't listen).
I've noticed lately than whenever I type in a doctor or dentist's name, there are several sites like "healthgrades" that allow users to complete surveys and write personal reviews about their experiences with the doctor. I hope everyone starts using these more and more. If it becomes commonplace, we'll have a good idea of what sort of quality particular doctors are giving to certain people or particular symptoms.
April Sunshine About time! We can rate just about anything on the web these days, ebay, amazon, tripadvisor, facebook as consumers and users. Why not the person who may decide if you live or die?
She is so right on every point. It has taken me over 40 years to find a doctor that could equal the doctor I grew up with, the same one that delivered me and took care of my whole family.
Jazz xander Recognizing a conflict of interest doesn't mean that the doctor is wrong in that treatment recommendation. As I said, that can negatively bias a patient from picking what may actually be their best choice. I didn't say they were uneducated about recognizing a conflict. I said they were uneducated at being able to make medical decisions. Big difference there.
***** Individuals might be uneducated at being able to make medical decisions, but ultimately, it is their body, their choice. Who is going to suffer for a wrong decision? The patient. So why shouldn't they have all the information in front of them that they feel is relevant in order to make that decision, even if it is what the doctor perceives to be the wrong one? Don't doctors have the right to refuse treatment too?
***** The doctor might not be wrong. But it might be the wrong doctor for this patient. Or it would just encourage the patient to get a second opinion. I can't understand how a scientist (as you seem to be) can argue against rational solution finding processes. Care to enlighten me?
Unfortunately, I am not shocked about some other doctors reactions! I live in the uk and I fear our beloved NHS is heading the way of elsewhere, even at family doctor level it's sometimes hard to find someone you feel comfortable with. I love the locum doctors, usually young and interested! So refreshing! Xx
This is a powerful message. My father is 91 next month. Dementia. Hiatal hernia. This month, he spent five days in hospital after 1/2 his stomach got pinched / inflated into his chest cavity. Vomiting "coffee ground" blood. After day 3, he pulled out his stomach tube. He came out of the hospital with a "wait and see" plan. And a catheter. The secondary treatment of the catheter is likely prolonging his life. He wasn't urinating and he was becoming toxic... and more confused. After an initial 1400 cc of urinary relief, he was sent home. The home care nurses are gone now. But it was the courageous nurses... NOT the doctors... who gave us the REAL prognosis... the REAL expectations... and the KNOWLEDGE of what to prepare for... medically. But they also hinted at what to prepare for legally. My family will never forget these nurses. They have offered my dad the dignity and respect he deserves. They offered my family the TRUTH when doctors hedged their bets and hid behind fearful restraint.
I know doctors can be very arrogant, especially specialists, but a real bomb?! What happened to the hippocratic oath? That's the doctor that needs to be sanctioned. Wouldn't total transparency reduce exposure to lawsuits? Would separating the diagnosing doctor and the doctor that performs the procedure reduce incentive based conflict of interest?
Wow! I am a native Baltimorean. We are so honored and blessed to have you as our health commissioner. You truly have a kind and caring heart for all people. I was touched as I heard you speak about ypur love for your grandfather at the Caregivers Conference at Morgan. I know you are a great wife and mother. Peace, blessings, and continued success.
It already is very difficult to sue doctors. My friend just had to pay $15,000 last Monday to have corrective surgery on a botched surgery that she had no recourse for.
God bless you Leana! Please keep it up, you are our voice for our rights with our doctors. I hope you and the population get millions of transparent doctors. We desperately need this trust and we have to be good and ethical with the doctors who gain that trust. Eliminate all fear and you get an inspired society. When this change happens that you Leana are talking about, i am no longer going to feel like just a number when i visit the doctor's office and ultimately i will feel like i'm in control.
well said thank you. I have Lyme so I have been hating the medical field for a long time. I long to find a doctor that cares. But having limited funds has made it pretty hopeless.
I have lots of medical problems and I can tell you that the more I depend on a person to save my life the more I need to know about them in order to be as courageous as possible. It's hard enough to keep it together without wondering about the integrity and moral compass guiding my doctors. I fear that they will not understand my needs until they have similar needs in their own life, by then it's too late. What is so hard to understand about a patients need to know their doctors intimately? The more they try to hide, the more I doubt.
Let's read Amendment 9 to show that she has no idea what she's talking about: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Bro, the government has been tapdancing on the bill of rights. Uncle Sam is completely rogue and no longer serves us, except the very bottom wheee the hands and feet are (every day policeman/nsa agent/fbi or whatever-the bottom of the pyramid and unimportant positions). She’s their tool, the bill of rights will never come back until they’re out of power. And we’re so divided that, well, I have my doubts if people are sane enough to see what’s actually happening 🤷
A common thread among many affluent families is a fact that their children are generally pressured to chose a "profitable and respected" profession for themselves. This is why we are now stuck with the existence of the criminally minded medical doctor who is willing to commit the terrorist threats Dr. Wen described in her experiences. I can only apologize that this post isn't as helpful as it is refectory. Thankfully we also have good doctors like Dr. Wen to choose among our medical professionals; and her website is a brilliant start in finding them!
This is kind of unsettling as someone whose father is a doctor and as someone who looks up heavily to the medical community. I agree to other comments I viewed that these are cases of people that became doctors for all the wrong reasons. A doctor and patient need to have a good relationship; it is their job to keep people healthy to the best of their abilities. I do not want to have a doctor that chose the profession for the money that does not truly care about the profession or helping people in need. I also believe that some of the situations described are also due to the kind of world we live in. You cannot see a medical commercial without the last ten or more seconds of the commercial listing off all the side effects. This is because we live in a world where there is always a lawyer waiting to pounce on a possible law suit against some drug company or hospital. This just puts fear into the profession causing patients to be turned down because they are a high risk and no one wants to take the chance of being sued and possibly losing their job.
BigNosedItalian A revamp is needed...too many specialists not familiar with whole connectedness of body systems. Patients get passed regularly. Time in office is short thanks to doctors bosses. Many are told to order much testing to make money for hospitals. Medicine is a business.
It is not the fault of lawyers that doctors get sued. They get sued for serious mistakes. I'm glad that lawyers are here to help us. A doctor who does their job well has nothing to worry about .
Dear Dr. Wen.... You are truly one of my Sheroes. No exaggeration. Thank you for your courage, kindness and tenacity in the face of those who direct ignorance and hatred against you. I pray for your safety and for all you need to sustain you in this work!
If you want full-transparency, we need to address the issue that is well understood by pharmaceutical companies... "A PATIENT CURED IS A CUSTOMER LOST" Our monetary based socioeconomic system is the root cause of all the aberrant behavior we are experiencing not just among doctors,it's time for a evolutionary shift, please watch the documentary "PARADISE OR OBLIVION" or not....
at the end she drops these ideas of improving "health outcomes" and addressing "smoking cessation"...so the goal presumably is to control and profit off of the people through social impact bonds. that's one reason why doctors might want to gain your trust these days.
Now I don't trust Doctors, nor do I trust the Press, and I certainly don't trust Lawyers. But I wouldn't talk to a Doctor or a Reporter without a Lawyer present.
Thank you! Too many times in my life I've been in that corner of trusting a doctor who shouldn't be trusted... The list is loooonnnggg. HCV is near the top of it HVC from a TRANSFUSION at LA County General in 1969 after another doctor gave me birth control pills to deal with a pregnancy. "This will start your period" he told me after running a pregnancy test on me. Another lie to add to the collection that I heard throughout my childhood ("This won't hurt"), all the mistakes in diagnosis because it was easier (and cheaper) to eyeball the patient than to actually run some tests or use common sense.... Believe me I know my body well. I live inside it every day, sleep with it all night. Have for 65 years. Irks to hear that I don't know what I'm talking about! Much of the problem (excluding that doctor is god arrogance they teach in med school) the assembly line approach to medicine that has become the norm in this country. "NEXT!" Relying on the Big Pharma "paint over the symptoms" approach to actually seeking the cause and fixing it. More money in the Big Pharma technique. The patients come in and come back and come back for refills and reactions. Pharma pays off with lunches and kickbacks.... It could be a profitable scam. Until someone like me walks into the office. I'm allergic. I refuse Big Pharma for colors, excipients, and unpredictable side effects.
I'm so lucky, my Doctor sits down with me and asks how I'm doing every time I go in. He genuinely tries to help me. I've literally kept him as my doctor for that reason, even when i had to switch insurance companies or pay out of pocket. When i told him I couldn't afford it after losing a job, he told me my visits would be free after that and he would figure out payment later. Even though it was for minor check ups, it made me feel like somebody cared. Because of that, I felt comfortable enough to go see him when my depression was at its worse. And he helped get find a proper psychiatrist and some support groups. Kudos to all the Doctors and Nurses out there right now putting their lives on the line to fight COVID19.
She has been very busy since then, taking over Planned Parenthood only to be kicked out for being too "radical". Yeah you know she hides a very dark side.
BRAVO DR WEN!!!!!! this was very good to hear that a "doctor" feels this way. Your so so right...........................................................and you did the right thing for your mom,...I had to do the same for mine,....very hard. But don't change,...your awesome and your making changes,.....
After 3 heart attacks and 6 years of medication, than another 8 years of alternative medicine, I have a leaking Mitral valve. Have seen 5 cardiologist , the sixth one is a Head of cardiologist with University in my country, this is the only guy I will call a cardiologist. Explains to me exactly what is my problem. What he can do and what he cannot do. Fantastic Doctor.
Agree totally with you, Christiana!! She is awesome!!! I am 71, soon to be 72, & I have congestive heart failure & have had major melanoma, etc., so I have had a lot to with doctors the last 16 years plus...I used to say I hated doctors, i.e. I didn’t want to get sick & have to go to them!!! I was “healthy” then...thank you for your great efforts in this area!!! Gay Michaelis
I should have seen this years ago ... What a beautiful soul ! She should be an inspiration to all doctors. I just loved her incredible idea and the campaign she had launched.
Thank you for advocating for patients and showing that doctors and other health professionals can be more truthful, open, and transparent in their patient relations, as to promote healing and trust. I was hopeful that the affordable healthcare act would help me find good and affordable healthcare yet I found neither and I withdrew from my insurance and my doctor because they were the main source of my stress and anxieties. I need a doctor that understands that prevention is the best medicine and that can look me straight in the eye and interact with me on the level. Thanks for your courage to push forward in amidst the controversy and nay sayers.
When the patients have any doubts on you, you're never going to get your patients' trust. Don't ask the patients why they want to know any conflicts of interest that you have or any profitable relationship you build with the insurance/pharm companies, ask yourself why you're hiding these types of things which are affecting their well-beings. If I were the patient, I would like to know how my doctors see me and if they are doing the best for me. I am now a pre-med and I would like to work for patient's best interest. Dr. Wen is such an incredible doctor and human being!
This is a brilliant idea and wish more doctors were apart of it. Cuz I know first hand emotion can impact treatment. People who are happy and motivated bounce back from terrible belts problems like cancer. But if you have any doubt, that can cause a emotional roller-coaster that will ultimately result in a negative treatment response. So this idea needs to be grasped if we want to better efficient in curing difficult health problems.
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I was told by a doctor after asking to have my Vitamin D level tested "Vitamin D? you're too young to worry about stuff like that.." (I was 26). I insist, and he calls a few days later to say 'You're severely deficient, under 20 nmol/L which is below the sensitivity of the test".
Your health is really in your own hands... can't trust doctors to do it for you.
You got that right. Make that your health, safety, and security. Corrupt cops won't protect you either.
"A PATIENT CURED IS A CUSTOMER LOST"
veganath "Treatments are more profitable then cures"
härjaren Langstrumpf very true, in fact the last thing the medical community wants is research into prevention = no profit.
cure = some profit
treatments = most profit
I would emphasize that the incentive for profit isn't their fault, we are all incentivized to gain and maintain a differential advantage over others it is inherent in the use of money to ration resources.
We need to retire money if we want to ameliorate crime, corruption, poverty, environmental degradation and war.
S G Amatya it isn't just the pharmaceutical industry that is inherently corrupt, we all are. Inherent in the use of money to ration resources is the incentive to gain and maintain a differential advantage over others.
What we need to do is retire money if we want to ameliorate crime, corruption, poverty, environmental degradation and war.
This happens when people become doctors for the wrong reasons. If you want to make money go sell real estate, you'll make a lot more and wont work as many hours. Don't mess with people's lives, they are not machines, once they are gone you can't bring them back. This is highly unethical and doctors who engage in this kind of predatory behavior towards their patient should not be allowed to practice medicine ever again.
Sure selling RE is a cushy job that pays more than a neurosurgeon,right !
yumi mango well, it takes about a decade less of education, so there's savings in that too.
***** Of course ! You can too ! LOL
+ladynottingham89 - sounds like a "no true scotsman" to me. Whoever sides with you became doctors for the right reason, and vice versa.
Sooner or later, chances are you will be jaded, and ask yourself - why shouldn't I act in my best interest - everyone else does.
+ladynottingham89 Greed should be carefully banned from all basic needs of our lives, not only health, but ALSO from most real estate...
A step in the right direction, but do you know what I want most? A doctor who respects and listens to me. A doctor who makes recommendations based on what they believe is best for my situation. I want a doctor who doesn't talk to me like I'm too stupid to understand basic biology, a doctor who will tell me, in detail, what they think is going on, and possible solutions. I've suffered various problems for 20 years now, and I have seen many doctors. I'm still suffering, and I'm beyond frustrated. Am I going to have to go to medical school just to figure out why I feel like garbage? Can I no longer trust anyone but myself? Why does it have to be this way?
I had my doctor of 11 years have me sent, by escort to an acute psychiatric ward for evaluation 2 days ago. for having a heated argument about end of life choice, about his role and duty to be a healer and not a pill pusher. I talked to the psychiatrists about what transpired in that discussion and the health difficulties I have had for 44 years now, and about alternative treatment for over an hour. They said to me "I still don't understand why you were sent to us" I said , because I challenged a medical practitioner and I pissed him off. I was released the following morning. This happened here in NE Ontario, Canada, November 11, 2014. Remembrance Day.
Sorry to hear that. Good luck.
kasnitch
That's no good.
Actually, I do occasionally use ginger root for stomach issues. That has saved me on a number of occasions (that's ancient Chinese lore, I believe). Believe me, I'd rather go a more naturalistic route, but mostly because I'm too sensitive to most prescription drugs. My stance is if they work, they work, and if they don't, then it's time to look for alternatives. I'd rather skip doctors altogether, but until I can perform blood tests on myself, I still need them.
kasnitch Utterly miserable. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Somehow, though, I'm not surprised a doctor would do that. I've gotten angry with doctors before, and would do so again, but dang, the whole system is so messed up...
transparency is a form of honesty. honesty is a form of love, and love is the key to the new world.
I don't trust my doctor one but. I have really bad asthma and I told her I don't want to keep taking preventive tablets for the rest of my life and asked what should i do ? Was there any alternatives ? Does excercise help ? She told me I have to take them no matter what and do not excersise much ... I did not take her advice I quit the tablets after 3 weeks of running and I don't have asthma any more ... They are paied to give you prescriptions I don't believe they are interested in your overall wellbeing. They don't know a lot about nutrition or excersise just medicine. But great nutrition can cure 90% of disease !!!!!!
They are not interested in healing you. Healthy patients don't pay the bills.
kelsey Doyle good for u.
Bad asthma cured by running?? Ummmm, sounds suspect to me. If that was the case, that info would be all over the internet.
I have asthma since 5th grade. Fortunately I had a doctor who was passionate and not greed driven . He took 40+ mins to explain asthma to me and my parents. What foods to avoid in large quantities or at wrong times. He encouraged me to play sports to strengthen my lung capacity. He said I quote " We don't want to cause you any dis-ease so eat what you like, engage in sport but remember moderation is a friend "
And in 2021 she says traveling in your own state is not a right
Do you have evidence for this claim?
A brave, wonderful human being.Wish there were more like her.
There will be...she is identifying a need and what is needed will follow.
You are clearly a CCP shill.
@@dannon2010 she used to manage at Planned Parenthood.
5 years later she wants to force inject 90% of the population on this planet.
You still think she’s wonderful?
I highly doubt it if you say you do.
I believe your lying to yourself if you still think so 5 years later.
@Biden HUNTER she also is board member of several major pharmaceutical companies known for accepting bribes.
I wish Dr Wen was our family doctor. For several years we were blessed to have a husband and wife team for our doctors. They were the best -- They always treated their patients as people - not just a body filling an appointment time.
We need more doctors like Dr Wen.
Why not contact her (Dr. Wen) and ask to have her as a consultant via online?
We need more brave MDs like her! Those who are not corrupted, those who are truly concerned about their patients. Heroin!
@@BiomeducatedMedical community will not allow this type of individual to practice medicine at present, because medicine is a big business, with goal to profit, not necessarily to serve human.
@@WindermereSun I know...Sad but true!
@Elias Boudinot haha, did I misspell that? Is it with an e zt the end? English isn't my mother tongue haha
This is why my clinic does what it does. Our motto is "your symptoms tell a story and we listen," and the important part is that we listen. And it's why we don't have to advertise, even with insurance companies (and let's face it, most doctors "take" insurance" because then they don't have to find patients themselves - it's marketing more than payment). The therapeutic relationship is key to all healing relationships. And it's why I am busy. My patients send more patients to me. And the other doctors' practices we work with also refer to us for more complicated cases. It's about medicine, but the outcomes are diminished without an honest and open therapeutic relationship, no matter how talented a doctor is. Dr. Wen is absolutely spot on. I have serious respect for her.
Hi Dr Lee, I give birth to my Baby boy
16the September this year,and I was only 27 weeks pregnant
6 weeks after his birth The Doctors have told me that My Baby Boy have a Triploidy and have no chance of living or any medical treatment. He’s alive, in my eyes he looks healthy, but they keep telling me that he won’t be looking like this,and he will be suffering, he won’t be living and the only Plan for My Sunshine is dying
I don’t know why I am telling you this but I believe there’s something that you can do for my Baby
Please I Need help
Please I need Hope
Please please please
I Need Hel
@@Breakthrough11112 praying for your baby!
A very sincere and brave human being. I'm quite sure the majority of doctors would not be signing up for sure, and I am rather surprise that TED even allows her to talk or hasn't pull this video off air yet. The world needs more of such honest , genuine and beautiful person like her, doctor or otherwise.
She makes a lot of sense and brings up some points that shouldn't be allowed to remain in the shadows. A Dr that represents a certain drug or drug company clearly has a conflict of interest when it comes time to prescribe medications to you. I'd much prefer a Dr with her openness than most of this dr's that keep a wall between you and them.
I'm a Family Physician in Ohio. I fully support Dr. Wen and this disclosure project.
wlee55 Thank you
Thanks, means a lot.
You're an idiot then Dr. Seuss.
@paul w naturopathy too. evidently, before rockefeller got on a power trip, natural medicine was included in university study.
@paul w i am so glad that at least some people are aware that drugs and surgery should be a last resort, and that food and herbs are what keep us in good health. what a world we could have if people were allowed to be healthy, and doctors and hospitals were only for accidents, necessary surgery, hospice care, and genetic disorders.
Leana Wen does an incredible impression of a human being here. If you just ignore all her facial expressions and all body language cues…she really might pass for a real person.
Wen needs to be stripped of all accolades and put in a straight jacket.
"I'm American, and I'm already here."
Pure gold.
Great talk! Very insightful.she should take this idea further.all the best to her
@@ranjivsaini6990 LOL! She is a shill for the left and a CCP criminal! This worthless shill for the left/CCP is just desirous of pushing her CCP civilian compliance narrative here in America! She's already been on the clueless clown nitwitwork (CNN), pushing vaccination by FORCE to Americans! Sorry, Dr? Wang errr Wen (seems like more of a Wang to me).
@@SW-dg9us yes!
@Regulatory Affairs amen
She was born in China and her vaxx ideas hold more to her communist roots than to American concepts of freedom and individual liberty. Don't identify with her just because she's the same race as you...her belief system follows the political system she left, not the one she has the luxury to currently live in.
Mrs. Wen raised a gutsy kid.
Sometimes it only takes one person to make a difference.
Sometimes you are that one person.
She would be so proud.
According to Hippocratic Oath, shouldn't doctors already be fully transparent with their patients?
SSchithFoo
Please read the original oath.
Most medical students or doctors no longer take Hippocratic Oath upon graduation
the modern oath doesn't list that, and the original oath it is based on is a little crazy.
docs should be transparent whether they have taken an oath or not
I'm here because I am taking a doctor-patient relationship course for premed. None of the Hippocratic oath versions mention anything about a doctor needing to be transparent for their patients. They do all, however, emphasize "Do no harm" to the patient, which can be affected by their lack of transparency.
@@WindermereSun Where you have come across that information? I'm a premedical student, so I am genuinely curious. Thanks!
Thank you so much Leana Wen for being part of bridging that gap. We should stop basing our decisions on fear, especially where people's health is concerned. Keep up the excellent work!
What a great idea... Honesty and respect in the doctor - patient relationship... What a hero you are, America need people like you!
@@StartsWithALetter yea they are putting her out as this Peter Pan doctor for the poor but she is definitely bought out. Crazy
I was at a psychiatrist's office once and I noticed that on her desk she had a mug with the word Cymbalta on it. Guess what she prescribed for my depression? Against my better judgement I took it, and it doubled my depression and anxiety. I very nearly killed myself.
I don't see how a pill could fix the types of problems that cause depression...
and I'm skeptical about "chemical imbalances"...
chriskresser.com/the-chemical-imbalance-myth
Yeesh. Been there done that. Only I was in my doctor's office when the pharma rep came in with her suitcase. Yes, same diagnosis, same pills, and same result. Should have gone to a psychiatrist or at least a psychologist.
First week of taking Cymbalta I keep feeling something was wrong and my anxiety increased severely. He told me to call if anything was wrong. I called him and I felt like something was very very wrong. Almost like I was dying. He said. "You're not dying. Nothing's wrong. It's all in your head." Yep. Then the severe appetite loss depression and anxiety spikes kicked in. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't calm down. Then I did nothing, BUT sleep. Doc still told me to keep taking the pills and there would be side effects if I stopped. Track 3 years later when I moved out of the area. Meet my new doctor. I said I was worried about the side effects of the pills. Should I keep taking them? He pulled the BS answer "Well, are the symptoms you experience worse with or without them?" That wasn't the point! I kept asking if I was endangering my health. Same BS answers. The only piece of information I got was that I wouldn't experience any side effects from stopping. I stopped that very next day. Haven't taken Cymbalta since. That was 8 years ago. Don't trust a doctor in an HMO or a doctor on a pharma leash.
And in 2021, I have lost all trust in doctors, pharma, and government.
Thank you so much for your talk. You talk about fear of being in a regular hospital.as a professional have intense fear now of even seeing any doctor after being traumatized by being hospitalized in a locked psychiatric hospital many times. I was abused by staff and other patients. I have now lost everything.
I wish we could find a GP as caring and knowledgeable as our dog's vet.
@@StartsWithALetter Experimental? It's fully approved and thoroughly tested. With 381 million doses already administered I think that any side effects would have shown up by now.
What greatly contributes to this problem as well is that we're such a litigious society. It might be less so now, but a good many patients for a long time didn't know that doctors and health care scientists are trying to do their best, rational, most intelligent and educated guesswork. The learning never ceases!!
I am truly shocked at the backlash from doctors towards this initiative, largely due to the ethical promises that they made when becoming a doctor. Doctors make a social compact to work in the best interest of their patients. Medical ethics are fundamental to the work that is done by physicians and are an important basis for the patient-doctor relationship. The people in Wen’s study report that they value the doctors’ unbiased judgements, along with competence and similar personal values. These are all areas of autonomy of decision making that are central in medical ethics. The respect for autonomy by doctors is even more important than that of other healthcare providers due to the personal nature of the doctor patient relationship. Disclosing possible conflicts of interest is central to appropriate ethical behavior for physicians. Patients are expected to share more and are put in a very vulnerable position in this relationship, to request this information is not stepping over the line.
Drug companies have a lot to do with that. I used to have a very good doctor that diagnosed me with acid reflux and refused to x-ray my lungs because I knew for certain I still had bronchitis. I had to go to the ER 2 days later, and found out I was correct the whole time. There remained a great deal of bronchitis still left in my lungs, after an x-ray there. Received a second course of antibiotics, and got a little education too about those drugs; acid reflux drugs thicken the mucus in your lungs to an extent you remain sick. I haven't touched any of those reflux drugs since 2016. I brought all of my paperwork back to that doctor for him to read and understand why I wanted to be x-rayed, he just said 'oh well' and I stopped seeing him after that.
How do you feel about this CCP plant now?
Beautifully said!! My husband is a medical doctor (surgeon) and what I've learned about what often goes on behind the scenes has made me wide-eyed, worried, and cynical about the business of medicine for the rest of my life. It certainly has woken me up to the critical need for full transparency. Thank you Dr. Wen for risking your own peace and wellbeing to bring attention to this very important topic. I am seeing your talk for the first time today. It is my hope that all medical providers listen to your message asap and take it to heart.
I'm appalled by the amount of bullying Dr Wen received.
I agree. I wouldn't want a "doctors" like that to take care of me. I'm assuming they have something to hide.
There are a lot of doctors who are only in it for the money. I've had my share of dealing with these greedy arrogant assholes.
Rob Nicholson Not me. Medicine is business and pharmaceutical companies own doctors. Do a search on how many doctors and microbiologists have been murdered in the name of greed. The Lyme Disease community is well aware of this...forcing doctors underground.
And she even carefully avoided addressing Big Pharma. If she had this would be about what a martyr she was.
Lynn Durbin I and my daughter are in the same boat with the Lyme issue... Doctors are absolutely useless with this particular illness. Good wishes and healing to you.
This video didn’t age well.
Neither did she.
Awesome human being.
someone please tell religions that all over the world. The truth seems to take it´s time there.
YOU GO GIRL...
Thank you for showing me what a beautiful, strong woman you are.
Thank you for showing me there is hope for me to step out and walk as myself.
Thank you...you kept on going when so much was against you amd have shown us to believe in something special and make a stand for that belief.
May God continue to bless everything you put your hand to.
@@StartsWithALetter
Oh my goodness, I am all about choices...being forced to do anything is criminal.
I have heard a lot of stories about dentists in the US over diagnosing cavities when there are actually none. Get a 2nd opinion if they say you have more than 3.
Wow! When I was 4, I was diagnosed with 4 cavities, 3 needed fillings and 1 needed a crown, however when I moved to the 'adult dentists' there was a major decrease in cavity diagnoses. At my 'kid dentist' I was constantly diagnosed with cavities and other stuff, now this comment makes me wonder...
Drilling for dollars. I get the same feeling about my childhood dentist.
Overdiagnosing wisdom teeth removal as well--80% of ppl need teeth theyre born with removed at around age 19 lol?
@@plantecsmiths1622 - My wisdom teeth really did need to be removed, as I had no space in my mouth for them to start with. Getting them removed at 21 years old is one the best things I have ever done for my health.
@@phiksit Happened here too.
I want a doctor who wont advocate for me being a second class citizen and implementing social credit score systems in my country.
ROFL wow this aged BEAUTIFULLYYYY!!
Milk
Thank you Dr Wen. I hope that this becomes a movement in medical practice. My wife died 2 yrs ago due to medical malpractice, and conflicts of interest.
So, so very sorry for your loss and pain. May your faith keep you strong.
Sorry to hear. My condolences. Thank you for your testimony.
It's now been 4 years. I'm so sorry. I hope you've found some healing in this time.
I'm so incredibly sorry for you loss. My condolences and prayer are with you
Dr. Wen you are a compassionate and brave person. The world needs more people like you. Thank you for being you.
I found Dr. Wen's perspective on doctor-patient relationships to be truly inspiring.
+Bubbles 007
I feel that so many doctors have lost sight of what is truly important in terms of the patient’s best interest. I love Dr. Wen’s determination to stand up for the patients because it is the patients that we need to look out for since their health is on the line. Dr. Wen mentioned that many doctors fail to disclose information because of the fear that lies with the responsibilities of being a doctor. The healthcare system needs to overcome that fear in order to lessen the gap between
doctor-patient relationships. Communication is one of the biggest foundations to a healthy relationship. With improved communication and disclosure from doctors, many patients will be able to open up and trust their care providers. We need to let down the wall and change the way doctor-patient relationships are handled. I give Dr. Wen credit for standing her ground as a woman in the medical field. She received a lot of backlash after promoting a program that allows doctors to disclose important information about themselves for the interest of the patients. With women like Dr. Wen, change is truly possible. It takes one step at a time.
those doctors that told her that stuff when her mother was dying were cruel and self serving. Showing no compassion for the patient. Good for her!
Ruralife. Keeping someone alive generates dollars. Many doctors in general do not like to give up on life, it is taken as a personal loss, a failure. Hospice is more accepted by balanced professionals who understand life/death/grief. Remember many doctors are young and may not have experienced death of a family member.
That describes American doctors - cruel and self serving.
Now she's a big pharma herself.
Although I don't necessarily agree with the speaker's values, the beauty of her proposal is that I don't need to. If doctors take a stand by their values, patients will be able to choose whom to trust.
The tricky part is how to keep these declarations honest and how to make sure that government doesn't pursue the doctors whose values go against current political correctness.
And what are her values?
Stasiek Janikowski Being a fierce and unapologetic opponent to political correctness myself, I'm very interested in your elaborating a bit further on the last part of your comment.
Torchmark , for example increasingly often, due to pressure of some groups, doctors are forced by the governments to perform abortion and those who refuse can lose their job.
Yet there are many pregnant women that look for a doctor who will not even consider or suggest abortion as a way out of their unborn's health issues. These women would benefit from having doctors clearly stand by their values, but the doctors would be potentially put at risk.
Stasiek Janikowski Exactly! I agree with her but like what you said, I'd prefer a doctor who actual cares about life and stands by the Hippocratic Oath they took.
Yup, we have something like that in Poland.
6 years later and she’s TRAFFICKING in “the sickness of Fear.”
Your mom proud of you Leana???
I am so proud of my father, a totally transparent physician :')
A naturopath?
@@plantecsmiths1622 No, he is an MD
@@StartsWithALetter I am sorry, I do not understand what you are trying to say
@@goysb4jays566 Responding to a comment I wrote 6 years ago with a sarcastic comment on my father's career, I see
Thank you for you work Dr. Wen
Why can't all doctors be like her? Wouldn't they be less exposed to lawsuits if they were transparent?
No, just the opposite: studies show the patients who like their Docs sue less...
People don't sue people. Lawyers do. By gun-grabber logic the world would be a much much happier and safer place if we'd just eliminate all the lawyers.
@@birddog0 lol I asked this 4 years ago
Jesus Christ this aged like a milk carton sitting in the Sahara desert.
I love this idea! This way we can see where the money is going. If the doctor has incentive to give out a particular prescription or do a certain procedure. Transparency is key to patient safety. This may help dredge out the corruption in the industry.
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Is not her idea!
She is terrifying.
Someone needs to stop her.
Good for you. Time and time again I have doctors that actually talk with me a couple minutes and rush out without listening to me. Other doctors have told me that my listening to my body has saved my life (when other doctors wouldn't listen).
Letting patients submit reviews on their doctors might be useful as well. If the doctors won't disclose, let the patients speak.
Except that many doctors write many of their own reviews under different names.
I've noticed lately than whenever I type in a doctor or dentist's name, there are several sites like "healthgrades" that allow users to complete surveys and write personal reviews about their experiences with the doctor. I hope everyone starts using these more and more. If it becomes commonplace, we'll have a good idea of what sort of quality particular doctors are giving to certain people or particular symptoms.
April Sunshine About time! We can rate just about anything on the web these days, ebay, amazon, tripadvisor, facebook as consumers and users. Why not the person who may decide if you live or die?
Im crying so hard dr. Wen!
Thank you! Thank you very much, and God bless you!
@@StartsWithALetter
Shows the cards in the hands.
Choosed the wrong side. Too bad.
She is so right on every point. It has taken me over 40 years to find a doctor that could equal the doctor I grew up with, the same one that delivered me and took care of my whole family.
A Dr with a touch of humanity. how rare.
You simply cannot argue that patients should not be told that they receive money from drug companies.
***** most people in the western world are educated to the point they could see a conflict of interests here.
Jazz xander
Recognizing a conflict of interest doesn't mean that the doctor is wrong in that treatment recommendation. As I said, that can negatively bias a patient from picking what may actually be their best choice.
I didn't say they were uneducated about recognizing a conflict. I said they were uneducated at being able to make medical decisions. Big difference there.
***** Individuals might be uneducated at being able to make medical decisions, but ultimately, it is their body, their choice. Who is going to suffer for a wrong decision? The patient. So why shouldn't they have all the information in front of them that they feel is relevant in order to make that decision, even if it is what the doctor perceives to be the wrong one? Don't doctors have the right to refuse treatment too?
*****
The doctor might not be wrong. But it might be the wrong doctor for this patient. Or it would just encourage the patient to get a second opinion.
I can't understand how a scientist (as you seem to be) can argue against rational solution finding processes. Care to enlighten me?
It is really touching. I just lost my grandma few days ago. Her mother let me think about my grandma again.I miss her so much!
Why isn't SHE honest about who's paying HER?
RESPECT for this brave Doctor!
I want her, or someone like her, as my family doctor.
Unfortunately, I am not shocked about some other doctors reactions! I live in the uk and I fear our beloved NHS is heading the way of elsewhere, even at family doctor level it's sometimes hard to find someone you feel comfortable with. I love the locum doctors, usually young and interested! So refreshing! Xx
If you 'like' this video... go check out CCP operative Lena Wen on CNN in 2013 at Boston Marathon. And share that video like there's no tomorrow.
This is a powerful message. My father is 91 next month. Dementia. Hiatal hernia. This month, he spent five days in hospital after 1/2 his stomach got pinched / inflated into his chest cavity. Vomiting "coffee ground" blood. After day 3, he pulled out his stomach tube. He came out of the hospital with a "wait and see" plan. And a catheter. The secondary treatment of the catheter is likely prolonging his life. He wasn't urinating and he was becoming toxic... and more confused. After an initial 1400 cc of urinary relief, he was sent home. The home care nurses are gone now. But it was the courageous nurses... NOT the doctors... who gave us the REAL prognosis... the REAL expectations... and the KNOWLEDGE of what to prepare for... medically. But they also hinted at what to prepare for legally. My family will never forget these nurses. They have offered my dad the dignity and respect he deserves. They offered my family the TRUTH when doctors hedged their bets and hid behind fearful restraint.
I know doctors can be very arrogant, especially specialists, but a real bomb?! What happened
to the hippocratic oath? That's the doctor that needs to be sanctioned.
Wouldn't total transparency reduce exposure to lawsuits?
Would separating the diagnosing doctor and the doctor that performs the procedure reduce
incentive based conflict of interest?
snetsjs New definition for nutcase doctor other than shrink.
Wow! I am a native Baltimorean. We are so honored and blessed to have you as our health commissioner. You truly have a kind and caring heart for all people. I was touched as I heard you speak about ypur love for your grandfather at the Caregivers Conference at Morgan. I know you are a great wife and mother. Peace, blessings, and continued success.
It already is very difficult to sue doctors. My friend just had to pay $15,000 last Monday to have corrective surgery on a botched surgery that she had no recourse for.
God bless you Leana! Please keep it up, you are our voice for our rights with our doctors. I hope you and the population get millions of transparent doctors. We desperately need this trust and we have to be good and ethical with the doctors who gain that trust. Eliminate all fear and you get an inspired society. When this change happens that you Leana are talking about, i am no longer going to feel like just a number when i visit the doctor's office and ultimately i will feel like i'm in control.
well said thank you. I have Lyme so I have been hating the medical field for a long time. I long to find a doctor that cares. But having limited funds has made it pretty hopeless.
Scott Benz I do too.... doctors are most often full of prunes!
How do you know you have Lyme's?
I have lots of medical problems and I can tell you that the more I depend on a person to save my life the more I need to know about them in order to be as courageous as possible. It's hard enough to keep it together without wondering about the integrity and moral compass guiding my doctors. I fear that they will not understand my needs until they have similar needs in their own life, by then it's too late. What is so hard to understand about a patients need to know their doctors intimately? The more they try to hide, the more I doubt.
When did you start thinking that killing babies in the womb was OK?
And attempting to stop people who refuse the vaccine from enjoying life freely.
"I'm American and I am already here" ... okay I almost cried! Tears of joy though!!!!
Let's read Amendment 9 to show that she has no idea what she's talking about:
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
She doesn't care.
Bro, the government has been tapdancing on the bill of rights.
Uncle Sam is completely rogue and no longer serves us, except the very bottom wheee the hands and feet are (every day policeman/nsa agent/fbi or whatever-the bottom of the pyramid and unimportant positions).
She’s their tool, the bill of rights will never come back until they’re out of power. And we’re so divided that, well, I have my doubts if people are sane enough to see what’s actually happening 🤷
Finally, someone who can tell the truth about much of our medical profession . What a brave woman!
fast forward to 2021 and she fell back on her own words and Joined the SS. so sad.
A common thread among many affluent families is a fact that their children are generally pressured to chose a "profitable and respected" profession for themselves. This is why we are now stuck with the existence of the criminally minded medical doctor who is willing to commit the terrorist threats Dr. Wen described in her experiences. I can only apologize that this post isn't as helpful as it is refectory. Thankfully we also have good doctors like Dr. Wen to choose among our medical professionals; and her website is a brilliant start in finding them!
This is kind of unsettling as someone whose father is a doctor and as someone who looks up heavily to the medical community. I agree to other comments I viewed that these are cases of people that became doctors for all the wrong reasons. A doctor and patient need to have a good relationship; it is their job to keep people healthy to the best of their abilities. I do not want to have a doctor that chose the profession for the money that does not truly care about the profession or helping people in need. I also believe that some of the situations described are also due to the kind of world we live in. You cannot see a medical commercial without the last ten or more seconds of the commercial listing off all the side effects. This is because we live in a world where there is always a lawyer waiting to pounce on a possible law suit against some drug company or hospital. This just puts fear into the profession causing patients to be turned down because they are a high risk and no one wants to take the chance of being sued and possibly losing their job.
BigNosedItalian A revamp is needed...too many specialists not familiar with whole connectedness of body systems. Patients get passed regularly. Time in office is short thanks to doctors bosses. Many are told to order much testing to make money for hospitals. Medicine is a business.
It is not the fault of lawyers that doctors get sued. They get sued for serious mistakes. I'm glad that lawyers are here to help us. A doctor who does their job well has nothing to worry about .
Great topic and great idea. Thanks!
I wish I had a doctor like Dr. Wen - a real person who sees the doctor / patient relationship as a PARTNERSHIP. It goes two ways!
no you dont ! She is an advocate for the pharmaceutical vaccine industry
Dear Dr. Wen.... You are truly one of my Sheroes. No exaggeration. Thank you for your courage, kindness and tenacity in the face of those who direct ignorance and hatred against you. I pray for your safety and for all you need to sustain you in this work!
Ms. Wen you are a hero.
You're a very compassionate, ethical, and articulate person. Thank you for being on the right side of this issue.
+D Menard Lucian Leape said very much the same thing in his seminal 1994 JAMA article called "Error in Medicine"
If you want full-transparency, we need to address the issue that is well understood by pharmaceutical companies...
"A PATIENT CURED IS A CUSTOMER LOST"
Our monetary based socioeconomic system is the root cause of all the aberrant behavior we are experiencing not just among doctors,it's time for a evolutionary shift, please watch the documentary "PARADISE OR OBLIVION" or not....
at the end she drops these ideas of improving "health outcomes" and addressing "smoking cessation"...so the goal presumably is to control and profit off of the people through social impact bonds. that's one reason why doctors might want to gain your trust these days.
Now I don't trust Doctors, nor do I trust the Press, and I certainly don't trust Lawyers. But I wouldn't talk to a Doctor or a Reporter without a Lawyer present.
This is why us as patients turn to doctor google...
great talk :) you spoke so well. Well done to go beyond and not hiding like so many of them!
Dr. Wen，how fortunate we are to have you as a doctor. Very proud of you and thank you！
Thank you! Too many times in my life I've been in that corner of trusting a doctor who shouldn't be trusted... The list is loooonnnggg. HCV is near the top of it HVC from a TRANSFUSION at LA County General in 1969 after another doctor gave me birth control pills to deal with a pregnancy. "This will start your period" he told me after running a pregnancy test on me. Another lie to add to the collection that I heard throughout my childhood ("This won't hurt"), all the mistakes in diagnosis because it was easier (and cheaper) to eyeball the patient than to actually run some tests or use common sense.... Believe me I know my body well. I live inside it every day, sleep with it all night. Have for 65 years. Irks to hear that I don't know what I'm talking about!
Much of the problem (excluding that doctor is god arrogance they teach in med school) the assembly line approach to medicine that has become the norm in this country.
"NEXT!"
Relying on the Big Pharma "paint over the symptoms" approach to actually seeking the cause and fixing it. More money in the Big Pharma technique. The patients come in and come back and come back for refills and reactions. Pharma pays off with lunches and kickbacks.... It could be a profitable scam.
Until someone like me walks into the office. I'm allergic. I refuse Big Pharma for colors, excipients, and unpredictable side effects.
I'm so lucky, my Doctor sits down with me and asks how I'm doing every time I go in. He genuinely tries to help me. I've literally kept him as my doctor for that reason, even when i had to switch insurance companies or pay out of pocket. When i told him I couldn't afford it after losing a job, he told me my visits would be free after that and he would figure out payment later. Even though it was for minor check ups, it made me feel like somebody cared. Because of that, I felt comfortable enough to go see him when my depression was at its worse. And he helped get find a proper psychiatrist and some support groups. Kudos to all the Doctors and Nurses out there right now putting their lives on the line to fight COVID19.
This talk is 6 years old. You should hear her now, advocating to take you rights away, all the while holding back the truth...
She has been very busy since then, taking over Planned Parenthood only to be kicked out for being too "radical". Yeah you know she hides a very dark side.
BRAVO DR WEN!!!!!! this was very good to hear that a "doctor" feels this way. Your so so right...........................................................and you did the right thing for your mom,...I had to do the same for mine,....very hard. But don't change,...your awesome and your making changes,.....
You are 100% correct. Thank you for your service. And to all you doctors the truth will set you free.
I'd let her be my doctor any day, but I wouldn't remember anything she said because I'd be bashful and shy because she's so beautiful inside and out
Do NOT EVER give up! Truth, honesty, transparency are needed in every aspect of our lives.
This is the kind of video twitter and facebook now censor
What an insane reality we now live in.
History has to be rewritten.
So Dr. Wen NEVER made this speech, Now get your MANDATED test and vaccine.
Your body is STATE property now.
After 3 heart attacks and 6 years of medication, than another 8 years of alternative medicine, I have a leaking Mitral valve. Have seen 5 cardiologist ,
the sixth one is a Head of cardiologist with University in my country, this is the only guy I will call a cardiologist. Explains to me exactly what is my problem. What he can do and what he cannot do.
Fantastic Doctor.
Dangling carrots is a worthwhile grift.
here's one
Bravo, nice to see an honest doctor seeking the truths.
Our doctors incomes are all disclosed, now I know why they are so polite and cheery to private patients, and treat public patients like dirt.
She's fighting the symptoms, not the disease. Such practices will continue so long society can put a price tag on human life.
2021: Get your clotshot, because, reasons...
- Leana Wen
Agree totally with you, Christiana!! She is awesome!!! I am 71, soon to be 72, & I have congestive heart failure & have had major melanoma, etc., so I have had a lot to with doctors the last 16 years plus...I used to say I hated doctors, i.e. I didn’t want to get sick & have to go to them!!! I was “healthy” then...thank you for your great efforts in this area!!! Gay Michaelis
I should have seen this years ago ...
What a beautiful soul ! She should be an inspiration to all doctors. I just loved her incredible idea and the campaign she had launched.
Thank you for advocating for patients and showing that doctors and other health professionals can be more truthful, open, and transparent in their patient relations, as to promote healing and trust. I was hopeful that the affordable healthcare act would help me find good and affordable healthcare yet I found neither and I withdrew from my insurance and my doctor because they were the main source of my stress and anxieties. I need a doctor that understands that prevention is the best medicine and that can look me straight in the eye and interact with me on the level. Thanks for your courage to push forward in amidst the controversy and nay sayers.
I have so much respect for her. Thank you Leana
When the patients have any doubts on you, you're never going to get your patients' trust. Don't ask the patients why they want to know any conflicts of interest that you have or any profitable relationship you build with the insurance/pharm companies, ask yourself why you're hiding these types of things which are affecting their well-beings. If I were the patient, I would like to know how my doctors see me and if they are doing the best for me. I am now a pre-med and I would like to work for patient's best interest. Dr. Wen is such an incredible doctor and human being!
This is a brilliant idea and wish more doctors were apart of it. Cuz I know first hand emotion can impact treatment. People who are happy and motivated bounce back from terrible belts problems like cancer. But if you have any doubt, that can cause a emotional roller-coaster that will ultimately result in a negative treatment response. So this idea needs to be grasped if we want to better efficient in curing difficult health problems.