Thank you for the corrections and clarifications. It does still support the point that it can be hard for a layperson to make a call on which opiniom to adopt.

With "everyone wanted to believe" I was referring to the patient and family.

It was (is) difficult to get appointments with these doctors as they are fully booked months in advance and there was no opportunity to consult with them again or get them to discuss the case with one another. Hence the decision had to be made with the information that could be remembered from the consultations. (These days I always record all doctor's consultations for future referral, as memory / recall is of course notoriously bad.)