Yes the clinical trial system is super opaque and it's not clear what benefit one can get if one doesn't understand the process or even the risk profile of it.
This lack of patient agency applies to all of medicine, really.
I plan to improve patient-doctor relationship in general. Gut tells me that enabling educative access to the basic sciences component of medical school and paring it down to patient specific focus, we can enable much higher patient agency through better patient-doctor communication and a deeper understanding of ones condition.
More importantly a better decision making process and ability to query and understand the doctor.
I've been through this with my wife and it's just so important.
This lack of patient agency applies to all of medicine, really.
I plan to improve patient-doctor relationship in general. Gut tells me that enabling educative access to the basic sciences component of medical school and paring it down to patient specific focus, we can enable much higher patient agency through better patient-doctor communication and a deeper understanding of ones condition.
More importantly a better decision making process and ability to query and understand the doctor.
I've been through this with my wife and it's just so important.