UBC’s medicine professor Dr. James Heilman was interviewed for a Globe and Mail story on how patients can make the best decisions when it comes to health care.
The article lists six mistakes patients often make and how to solve them. One common problem is denying there is any health issue.
“[Patients] don’t want anything to be wrong,” Heilman said. “They hope by ignoring it, it’ll simply go away. Some of it is simply wishful thinking,”
