In recent years doctors have been encouraging patients faced with major decisions to seek "a second opinion." But in practice this is very difficult. The main obstacle is acquisition of medical records.
近年醫界鼓吹病人在做重大決定（如大型手術）前，不妨聽取「第二意見」，但實際執行上仍有困難，最大的阻礙來自於病歷的取得。