They didn't believed in your ability to correctly assess that, not that they specifically think you're lying nor that specifically YOU are lying.
People lie all the time, people lie to their medical providers, people mistakenly think they cannot get that and so on and so on. It's in their job not to take everything on a word.
Surprise pregnancy is a thing. If doctor would just believe someone because they said something on that, and they would die in result, would it be better than not believing? I doubt so.
Doctors, in the end, are more about not letting you die than about building trust through believing you fully no matter the risks of doing so.
Are doctors assured in patient's awareness enough to believe that they didn't mistaken medical procedures (Hysterectomy by itself doesn't include ovary removal and thus doesn't necessarily prevent pregnancy), or there was no medical error, or anything alongside the lines? Or are they also expected to fully research everything and then double check for every patient, using much more invasive procedures?
Why would doctor want to risk be sued just so the patient would "have more trust that doctor believes fully" or to risk patient's life for the same reason?
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u/Mamkes Aug 01 '26
They didn't believed in your ability to correctly assess that, not that they specifically think you're lying nor that specifically YOU are lying.
People lie all the time, people lie to their medical providers, people mistakenly think they cannot get that and so on and so on. It's in their job not to take everything on a word.
Surprise pregnancy is a thing. If doctor would just believe someone because they said something on that, and they would die in result, would it be better than not believing? I doubt so.
Doctors, in the end, are more about not letting you die than about building trust through believing you fully no matter the risks of doing so.