When Trust Collapses: Efficacy, Safety, and the Architecture of Deception

By Gary Null PhD

“A fear of knowing is a fear of doing.” — Fritz Perls

There is a word that runs like a current beneath this entire discussion:

trust. Trust is not sentimental. It is not emotional fragility. It is a structural

requirement for any functioning medical system. When you extend your arm

for an injection, when you swallow a pill, when you allow a physician to adv…