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# A frightening diagnosis changes cognition before a...
> A frightening diagnosis changes cognition before a treatment begins. Bring another person, take notes, request the written record, ask for the differential diagnosis, and create enough time—when time is medically available—to understand the decision.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Leap of Faith, Medical Authority, and the Right to Question - Workbook|Leap of Faith, Medical Authority, and the Right to Question]]
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“A frightening diagnosis changes cognition before a treatment begins. Bring another person, take notes, request the written record, ask for the differential diagnosis, and create enough time—when time is medically available—to understand the decision.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-frightening-diagnosis-changes-available-understand-decision
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