The medical profession in general, and doctors in particular, likes for patients to fall into neat, easy-to-diagnose holes. Being contradictory, “but what about?”, and (OMG!) “insubordinate” will just get you shut down and ignored; and being a WoC, Latinx, overweight, “old,” or “young” increases the odds of your objections being treated as annoyances. Besides what you point out, Brian, I also fault the healthcare insurance system; when a doctor can only bill for 12 minutes or less without getting pushback from an insurer, it’s easier to dismiss the patient as one of “those people” and move on to “someone with real problems” (who happens to be like them). 🙄 [Disclaimer: my mother, an RN, spent most of her life inside the healthcare system in several capacities. She taught me to trust the doctors, but always check the x-rays and lab results.]