Doctors know a lot about the body, medical diagnosis, etc. Certainly more than me. However, I think it is fair to say that there is plenty left to be discovered

Doctors know a lot about the body, medical diagnosis, etc. Certainly more than me. However, I think it is fair to say that there is plenty left to be discovered when it comes to the body, medical diagnosis, etc. and any given doctor can't know all the things there is to know. Yet I find doctors routinely dispense diagnosis and treatments with very little clarification of their knowledge or certainty on the particular issue at hand. I find they also bristle at efforts for patients to clarify or understand their judgements. I absolutely am NOT the kind of person that wants my doctor to "always convey confidence" even when they are uncertain. I happen to know a thing or two about logical reasoning and diagnostic assessment -- I want the straight truth so I can make the decisions I can. What is the problem I wonder? As other comment says, I'd love to get a doctor that would just say something like "we don't really know about this one...but we can throw a couple Hail Marys and see what sticks" In some cases that is the most accurate and sensible thing they could say. I sometimes wonder if it is just the doctors I have access to via my regular health insurance. Just like engineers, there must be a distribution of quality among doctors. How do I find the good ones?