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Why do doctors differ in their opinion in terms of treatment, dont they follow the same protocol when dealing with patients?

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Dr. Susan Rhoads answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

No "laws" !: There are no hard & fast rules for treating any disease. Any treatment depends on the general health of the patient, the form of the disease or symptom itself, the experience of the doctor & luck. If there was only 1 way to treat any problem you could get treated by a robot or through an iphone app or at a coin-operated medical vending machine. Everybody, patient & doc & every disease is different

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Answered 6/27/2015

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