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What Your Doctor REALLY Thinks...
Jul 24, 2008 | 5:16 AM
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An article in the July edition of Reader's Digest discusses what doctor's around the country really think about you, the patient.

Some of the quotes mentioned in the article:

  • "When a doctor tells you to lose 15 to 20 pounds, what they really mean is you need to lose 50."
  • "I have patients with whom I spend enormous amounts of time, explaining things and coming up with treatment strategy. Then I get e-mails a few days later, saying they were looking at this Web site that says something completely different and wacky, and they want to do it. To which I say (but I don't), "So why don't you get the Web site to take over your care?"
  • "We deal more commonly with old people. So we become much more enthusiastic when a young person comes along.  So the younger and more attractive you are, the more likely you are to get more of our time."
  • "Doctors are only interested in whether they are inconvenienced - most don't care if you have to wait for them.
So, what do you think about the comments made by some doctors around the country?  Are the appropriate?  Do you expect more from your doctor, or are the comments expected?
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scari read my blog view my photos
Jul 24, 2008 | 12:28 PM

I expected this it's not surprising at all.
smithville
Jul 24, 2008 | 8:11 PM

Not all physicians are like this, because my family doctor has called me over the weekends with basic lab results and such. Plus most of the time you don't even have to wait past your scheduled time more than 5 minutes. Last I think it depends on your relationship with them and the insurance companies breathing down their necks!
ladyred2007 read my blog view my photos
Jul 25, 2008 | 7:58 PM

My biggest complaint is that doctors overschedule their day, trying to squeeze every single dollar from their patients as they can. It is fine for me to have an appointment at 2pm and have to wait until 3pm to be seen. Let me show up at 3, when my appointment was at 2 and I will be told that my appointment was cancelled because I was a no show and my insurance company will be penalized. How in the world can you possibly give ANYONE quality care in 10 minutes? I scheduled an appointment with a new doctor one time because the dr. I was seeing was not satisfying my need for information about my body. I scheduled a complete physical and blood work so he would know my situation from head to toe. My first appointment to discuss the results took 5 minutes.. to tell me I needed to lose a few pounds;my blood test results would come in the mail and if I had any questions...call. When I got the tests, I didn't understand what 1/2 of it meant. I called them and they said to go online and it would show me what the 50 numbers meant. Huh? The search was on again.
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