You did it exactly right, Anonymous. An incompetent or unwilling to communicate doctor should be jettisoned just like a bad plumber. We have been conditioned to take whatever we get from physicians because "they know more than we do." But that doesn't mean they know what they need to. Or that they care. If a physician is brilliant but won't tell you what is going on, that does no good, either.
I always tell people health care people are like everyone else. Some smart, some nice, some neither. 50 percent of physicians graduated in the bottom half of their class, right? Just like everyone else. So you are so right in saying if a doc is not a good fit, find a new one who is. Your life may depend on it.
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You did it exactly right, Anonymous. An incompetent or unwilling to communicate doctor should be jettisoned just like a bad plumber. We have been conditioned to take whatever we get from physicians because "they know more than we do." But that doesn't mean they know what they need to. Or that they care. If a physician is brilliant but won't tell you what is going on, that does no good, either.
I always tell people health care people are like everyone else. Some smart, some nice, some neither. 50 percent of physicians graduated in the bottom half of their class, right? Just like everyone else. So you are so right in saying if a doc is not a good fit, find a new one who is. Your life may depend on it.
Thank you so much for writing.
May 28, 2010 - 7:00amThis Comment
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