{"id":459,"date":"2014-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-happens-when-doctors-dont-practice-what-they-preach\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:36","slug":"what-happens-when-doctors-dont-practice-what-they-preach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-doctors-dont-practice-what-they-preach\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when doctors don’t practice what they preach?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like the saying, \u201cthe person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client,\u201d physicians are not immune from the type of foolishness that comes with avoiding their own advice. According a recent Time.com<\/a> report, doctors are notorious for being the worst patients.\u00a0 Specifically, doctors are known for partaking in the very unhealthy habits that they advise patients not to indulge in.<\/p>\n

For example, there are physicians who smoke despite knowing that lung cancer is directly attributable to this habit; physicians who frequently eat fast food despite the health warnings and levels of obesity, and doctors who continue to use tanning salons in light of the skin cancer risks that come with it.<\/p>\n

According to the Time.com report, it appears that doctors adopt the same thinking that supports many dangerous habits: \u201cit won\u2019t happen to me.\u201d And when doctors do become ill, there is an undercover culture of self-medicating that can lead to inaccurate advice to patients<\/a>. For instance, if a doctor is struggling with high cholesterol, he or she may be less likely to counsel a patient on the best ways to address the problem. The same could be said about doctors who abuse painkillers or smoke cigarettes.<\/p>\n

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Like the saying, \u201cthe person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client,\u201d physicians are not immune from the type of foolishness that comes with avoiding their own advice. 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