> A lot of us are preconditioned from birth to trust our clinicians.

As a Asian, this is really fascinating to me. We, in general, are conditioned exactly the opposite. We don't trust our doctors, govt or anyone other than our immediate family. Taking a second opinion is just normal. As someone who now lives in the "west", and is now taking a second opinion for a condition, my doctor here was almost offended when I asked for a copy of my results in order to take a second opinion.