Posted by mila on July 13, 2001, at 13:26:34
In reply to Why is it ethically wrong . . ., posted by AKC on July 13, 2001, at 9:26:07
Hi AKC,
among other reasons it is because they know they can be wrong in their judgment of who is "incompetent" or "to be avoided".
I have noticed that in the world of medicine and therapy strange things happen and people you would never expect to might help some patients very effectively. The best psychiatric help I personally got was from a resident who specialized in internal medicine. If I were a doc, I would never recommend her to anyone for my own condition, but she definitely was a blessing in my case. So, telling people that such and such person is no good might be plain wrong, because in medicine and in therapy knowledge of drugs, their interactions, or therapeutic technics is not everything. People have to strike a good relationship, which is hard to predict, and the doc has to match some important beliefs of a patient, which are also hard to discern and predict.
mila
P.S. AKC, I owe you many thanks for something you said in other thread. I had a big confusion about trust due to something that happened recently. You said that it takes you a long time to start trusting a person. When I read it I suddently realized that I could change my trusting style, you helped me to realize that there are different trusting styles for me to choose from, and my dilemma was solved. I stayed in the relationship with the person even though my trust in them was 'irreparably' damaged. I adopted a different rule for trusting now.
i am very grateful to you for your posts. besides them being very interesting ansd always about things I personally consider important, you write beautifully.thanks
mila
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