Dr. Jen Gunter

That's not informed consent.

That's not informed consent.

If I tell someone there's a 0% risk of complications with the medication, that's not informed consent.

Now, obviously risks need to be put in perspective, but it's really important that we be accurate.

And I think one of the other issues is a lot of people, I think you learn this maybe after you've been in practice for a while.

Again, we talk sort of talk about investing in the follow up.

So when you have a diagnosis that's not certain, say, well, OK, we're going to do this today, but we're going to check back in in four weeks or six weeks or eight weeks.

And that, I think, is one of the most powerful things a doctor can do, as opposed to someone says, well, I don't know, we need to watch it.

And then you're sort of like left out into the ether.

Right.

Right.

People want plans.

I want a plan.

that everybody wants a plan.

I think most people do.

I shouldn't say everybody.

There might be people who don't like plans.

There's people who get on planes and go places and I'm not gonna figure it out.

And I'm like, well, I need a little bit more of a plan.

So I think that we need to be honest and we need to lead with that.