ya know... my mother is a doctor, a Family Practitioner (FP). She's the type who's probably more frank with her patients than most. But she still would give sli

ya know... my mother is a doctor, a Family Practitioner (FP). She's the type who's probably more frank with her patients than most. But she still would give slightly different advice to family than to patients. This is to manage risk of lawsuits, unreasonably angry patients, etc. It has to do with the balance of risk and blame. You can imagine the typical stuff - excessive tests, end-of-life decisions...