Can some explain to me why it is that my world renowned cardiologist thousands of miles away has time to talk to me, take time out to talk to other doctors, and have compassion. When my local guy less the ten miles away can't be gotten a hold of, cares only about numbers, and talks down to me like I don't know anything about healthcare!
Secondly, why are we as a people think that a good doctor is one who just knows the problem but couldn't "talk" to you to save his or her own life." I even was that way myself when I first went to Boston. "As long as he fixes me I don't care what his attitude is!" Then when I found out that he was a human too and actually cared about me as a person and not just a beating heart. I realized that it really doesn't take that much more effort on their part to explain it to me or just to ask me how are you doing. Really how long does it take to say how are you? Three of my doctors do it all the time and guess what their practice didn't come to a screeching halt!
I believe now that we are becoming more educated about our health and what is going on that we should expect more from our doctors. We should not let our doctors go with sloppy performance, or lack of attention, or a horrendous bed side manner. In every other aspect we expect people who provide services to be polite and perfect. I mean how many times have you gotten a waiter that was either rude or inatentive? What did you say well he was awful, not nice, or didn't pay enough attention to me. His job is to give you your meal not be nice to you right? So, why are we so attentive to the person that we pay 8.00 an hour for versus a sloppy cardiologist who charges us 85 bucks for a ten minute visit!
I had to get this out! Getting off of my high horse now!
Mary S.
Secondly, why are we as a people think that a good doctor is one who just knows the problem but couldn't "talk" to you to save his or her own life." I even was that way myself when I first went to Boston. "As long as he fixes me I don't care what his attitude is!" Then when I found out that he was a human too and actually cared about me as a person and not just a beating heart. I realized that it really doesn't take that much more effort on their part to explain it to me or just to ask me how are you doing. Really how long does it take to say how are you? Three of my doctors do it all the time and guess what their practice didn't come to a screeching halt!
I believe now that we are becoming more educated about our health and what is going on that we should expect more from our doctors. We should not let our doctors go with sloppy performance, or lack of attention, or a horrendous bed side manner. In every other aspect we expect people who provide services to be polite and perfect. I mean how many times have you gotten a waiter that was either rude or inatentive? What did you say well he was awful, not nice, or didn't pay enough attention to me. His job is to give you your meal not be nice to you right? So, why are we so attentive to the person that we pay 8.00 an hour for versus a sloppy cardiologist who charges us 85 bucks for a ten minute visit!
I had to get this out! Getting off of my high horse now!
Mary S.
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