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When couples have fundamentally different approaches to medical decision-making

My husband and I have completely different relationships with doctors and medical authority — I research everything and want to understand options while he just wants to trust whatever they say — and we're realizing this difference is creating tension every time either of us has a health issue. We've never actually talked about why we approach medical decisions so differently or what we each need from the other when we're scared.

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You're discovering that unexamined differences in how you relate to medical authority are creating distance precisely when you most need to support each other.

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