Are persons who are disabled & on Medicaid sometimes used as Guinea Pigs; read on:?
Also, when i attended Mental Health Clinic - I sometimes felt I was being used as a Guinea Pig! & at my Doc's waiting room I heard this conversation on tel. by a Doc there: He told the other Party: " I don't think this patient would benefit from participating in SOMETHING - A STUDY -OR something; i felt that it was possibly the hospital worker on other end of that phone & that they were trying to persuade the Doc to have some type of guinea pig Test done on one of his patients (possibly even me); any comments! Another incident: my , then, male doc practioner Told me I had normal pap smear--yet that it showed up something like a bacterial throat infection ,but was NOT V.D. he told me; so he told me i'd have to have another pap smear in approx. one more month!; he then quit working there for reason unknown to me & then the next Doc or nurse that i saw there at that clinic -told me to disregard that --that there was no need for me to have another pap smear so soon; comments?
Answers:
Doctors often make patients aware of studies that the patients may benefit from. One example of this is an 18 year old girl who wants to be screened for breast cancer. Her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28. Since early detection is so important, she wishes to be screened now. Mammograms are not very effective at detecting lumps on young women because their tissue is too dense. Her insurance will not cover a mammogram or an MRI until she is 35 years old. Her doctor may recommend that she participate in a study that provides breast cancer screening.
As far as the pap.some doctors have different styles. Some take a "wait and see" approach while others are very proactive. If you are not comfortable with your new doctor, you should find a new one.
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