{"id":44,"date":"2011-01-04T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/medicinetomoveyou\/2011\/01\/unhealthy-doctors-dont-make-the-grade.html"},"modified":"2011-01-04T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:06:09","slug":"unhealthy-doctors-dont-make-the-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/medicinetomoveyou\/2011\/01\/unhealthy-doctors-dont-make-the-grade.html","title":{"rendered":"Unhealthy Doctors Don’t Make the Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am excited about launching a new website that our
\norganization has been dreaming of for years now. In the process of developing
\nthe materials, I did a video blog on a topic that seems to get people
\npassionate about their stance.  <\/span>The topic
\nis age-old but I am bringing it into the medical milieu today.<\/p>\n

Let’s set the stage. 
\n<\/span>Bring yourself back to the moment you learned of Bill Clinton’s ‘extra-curricular
\nactivities’ during his presidential career. 
\n<\/span>Were you of the camp that said, “It’s his personal life and it has
\nnothing to do with his professional abilities and integrity”?  <\/span>Or were you like those who were concerned
\nthat these behaviors signal some ethical deviation that likely pervades his
\ncharacter and raises concerns about his overall decision making compass?  <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, let’s get health care about this!  <\/span>Should doctors be held to a higher standard
\nof healthy living as they are mentors, advisors and leaders to their patients
\non these matters of disease prevention and management?  <\/span>If you saw your oncologist smoking a
\ncigarette out back or your cardiologist chugging down a sugary soda with his greasy
\nburger, would your confidence and respect waiver?  <\/span> <\/span>Obviously, doctors have the right to do
\nwhatever they want legally; however, many patients articulate that it is
\nprofessionally irresponsible to advise and, at times, preach one thing and then
\nproceed to behave totally different in one’s own life.  <\/span>Interestingly, the Latin origins of the word
\n‘doctor’ translate to something many of us might not have guessed…  <\/span>‘to teach.’ 
\n<\/span>In both historical and modern times, effective teaching has always
\nincorporated leading by example.<\/p>\n

Integrity is the bottom line here.  <\/span>When I tell a patient that coming off of gluten
\nis necessary to help their asthma or thyroid condition, I can honestly say that
\nI have walked the walk while I am talking the talk.  <\/span>That’s what patients are inspired to
\nfollow.  <\/span>I am a real person with my own
\ngenetics, symptoms and lifestyle issues but I hold myself accountable to what I
\nmust do to get the vibrant, healthy, med-free, disease-free life that I, too,
\ncrave.  <\/span>In my office, I am an open book.  <\/span>My labs are laminated and available for
\npatients to view my stats when I put myself through the similar tests .  <\/span>It’s not required of me but it shows that I
\nam not ‘immune’ from following my own guidelines.  <\/span>I am not perfection, nor do I think that there
\nis such a thing.  <\/span>I follow my ’90\/10 rule’
\n(I aim for a 90% good choices rate as a measure of success in a world of
\ninevitable change and limited control!) 
\n<\/span>As I go to social events and celebrate birthdays with my kids, I know that
\nthe decisions that I make are in line with what I teach my patients every day
\nin the office.  <\/span>(By the way, I am the
\nfirst one to admit that making effective change in lifestyle is not easy and
\ntalk about my struggles openly.)<\/p>\n

You wouldn’t go to a hairstylist with bad hair; you wouldn’t
\nchoose a financial advisor going through his own personal bankruptcy.  <\/span>Should patients expect their doctors to be
\nliving examples of their life’s work?  <\/span> <\/span>For me, it’s logical to be one consistent
\nperson in all my mini-worlds because constancy of action and action that
\nfollows my beliefs makes my life simple and true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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