Be your own advocate to increase safety, doctor suggests

-- Patients put too much trust in doctors and should take a more active approach to their medical well-being, a health-care safety conference heard Friday. --

This is so VERY true. I have numerous personal or first-hand situations over the years where medical treatments have resulted in either a worsening of the condition and/or side effects that are as bad as, or worse, than the intial illness. Caveat emptor for all health and medical practitioners advice or prescriptions.

Full Story @ CBC News from October 20, 2006