Professor Hackett urges physicians to be aware of patients’ suffering and expectations, rather than academic intellectual arguments - some of which are rooted on old beliefs that have been falsified by modern clinical research - that deprives many men of a much-needed treatment.
When men seek help for bothersome symptoms that are causing suffering in everyday life, they do not expect to be told “come back in 20 years when medical opinion is unified.”
Professor Hackett urges physicians to be aware of patients’ suffering and expectations, rather than academic intellectual arguments - some of which are rooted on old beliefs that have been falsified by modern clinical research - that deprives many men of a much-needed treatment.
When men seek help for bothersome symptoms that are causing suffering in everyday life, they do not expect to be told “come back in 20 years when medical opinion is unified.”
