11-12-2004, 08:49 AM
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pixie of the wood
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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it would depend upon the sincerity of the appology and the nature and severity of the mistake. doctors are human, true, but they can also be arrogant and ignorant.
a little off-topic here...i know this will sound sexist but there have been a few doctors i've delt with that just didn't listen to my concerns, ideas or opinions, dismissed them out of hand as a matter of fact, and they were all male. (let me clarify here that i have seen male doctors that were wonderful, as well) now, i realize they are the experts of the science but i am the expert on my own body, so for goodness sake don't look at me and roll your eyes or scoff as if my remarks are off-the-wall. the most important and beneficial thing a doctor can do is listen and many of them are too busy thinking how far behind they are with their patients (maybe if they scheduled appointments in a more realistic time frame this wouldn't happen) or too busy giving me stats and showing off their command of latin. i am not an insurance claim and i do not appreciate being blown off. the art of doctoring, in general, has been turned into a business and lost it's ancient principle of do no harm. of course they need to make money, i'm not disputing or minimalizing that fact, but maybe if they acted more like humans and less like god's gift they wouldn't get sued at every turn. just maybe some of theses frivilous law suits are a way for patients who feel that they have been not only harmed but also dissed in some way to get some sort of respect back. they are going about it the wrong way, that's true, but in a litigeous society it is the only way they can be "heard".
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