Medical Freedom
Medical Freedom
No one will ever know your body as well as you know your body. You have lived in your body your entire life and will continue to do so for the rest of your life. For good and bad we all will live with the consequences of how we treat our bodies. For this reason, it is of the utmost importance that every one of us retains full autonomy over our health decisions. A few short years ago uttering such mundane wisdom would be obvious to all. Unfortunately now such ideas are perceived as controversial or even radical.
The reality is we are each steward of our bodies. Medical practitioners, no matter how educated they are in a particular study, will never understand precisely how the treatment of any kind will affects a client or patient the way the one undergoing the treatment does. No matter how skilled or well-learned a practitioner is if they lack this understanding they will do unnecessary harm.
For these reasons client communication is necessary. If something is not working please say something so we do something else. It is also vital as a practitioner of any kind to respect the choices that people have made in regards to their health. At no point should anyone be pressured into any health care procedure no matter how well-intentioned it is.