No. It is against the doctor/patient confidentiality agreement.
One way a doctor treats heart disease is to do a heart transplant. That is, removing the heart of the patient, and replacing it with a healthy heart of someone who has died.
When someone asks you if you are the doctor or the patient, it usually means that you are the patient but you are trying to diagnosis your symptoms as if you were the doctor.
A patient with mixed connective tissue disease will require a doctor's care. The doctor will diagnose, treat, and assist the patient in understanding life expectancy and outcome.
i am sure it can't not if the doctor didn't see the patient
No. In Australia there are rules against the amount of information a doctor can tell anyone. And normally talking about another patient to a patient is unacceptable and can be severely punished.
A doctor CANNOT ask another patient or anyone else anything about you, without your permission.
A patient being treated by a hormone doctor, immune system doctor or perhaps and internal medicine doctor who is on the ball can find and determine if a patient has Addison's disease. I could give you the many symptoms of Addison's disease but then you might think you have it. It is a tricky disease to diagnose and requires lab work, scans and a sharp doctor who can recognize it and not confuse the many symptoms that are in other diseases. Go to an endocrine doctor first and present the symptoms to him or her. You can claim you suspect the disease and explain why. The doctor will determine the proper course to take.
patient (someone displaying patience / or someone treated at the doctor's) is spelled the same in French.
Person who is a doctor.
The phrase "patient education" refers to a doctor informing a patient about their sickness, disease, medications, and more. It is a way of fostering health and preventing return visits to the doctor.
Yes, a doctor is required to turn a patient in, if the doctor has knowledge that the patient is committing physical or sexual abuse of another person. The doctor - patient relationship is protected except in cases where abuse is involved. The rules vary somewhat by state.
Did you mean : Can a patient ask for to change his clinical doctor if this doctor deny to treat you ? If so, please ask again with another terms. You may use the example above. ( I understand that, obviously, you have the right to require another doctor in this situation)