Doctors : Arrogant, rude, highhanded and dismissive - NY Times Report.

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November 30, 2005 Being a Patient When the Doctor Is in, but You Wish He Wasn't By GINA KOLATA Joanne Wong's doctor correctly figured out what was wrong with her. But he would not tell her. Ms. Wong, a software engineer in Sunnyvale, Calif., was having

abdominal pain and nausea. Her doctor told her to have a blood test, then ushered her out of his office, ignoring her when she asked what the test was for. "The test came back, and he said I have a virus," Ms. Wong said. "He said, 'Take this medicine for two weeks.' I asked, 'What kind of virus do I have? How did I get it?' But he just said, 'Take the medicine and come back in two weeks.' " Two weeks later, she still felt ill. "He said, 'You're fine, you're fine,' " Ms. Wong said. "I said, 'At least tell me the name of the virus.' " But, she said, "He just patted my shoulder and sent me out," telling her to return in three months for another blood test. Perhaps, Ms. Wong said, the doctor did not want to spend the time to talk to her, or

perhaps he was put off by her Chinese accent and thought she would not understand. In any event, she never returned to that doctor. When she got her medical records, she learned that she had had hepatitis A, a viral liver infection. Ms. Wong had come across a bane of the medical profession: the difficult doctor. These doctors may be arrogant or rude, highhanded or dismissive. They drive away patients who need help, and some have been magnets for malpractice claims. Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/health/30patient.html?th= & emc=th & pagewanted=print

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Precisely this is why we should all retain and fight

to retain the right to " Self Medicate " . It is not self

prescription. Let us not touch the prescription

medicines. But we should oppose the attempts of some

drug companies and medical associations to convert

some vitamins and aminos etc in their high dose into

" Prescription Medicines " . Such totally harmless and

beneficial things should be available to common people

without prescription and over the counter in

supermarkets at whatever dose the educated people

choose.

We the educated informed people will not harm

ourselves after all.

The World Industry for Self Medication in France is in

our favor.

Ratan.

 

--- Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01 wrote:

 

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> November 30, 2005

> Being a Patient

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> When the Doctor Is in, but You Wish He Wasn't By

> GINA KOLATA

> Joanne Wong's doctor correctly figured out what

> was wrong with her. But he would not tell her.

> Ms. Wong, a software engineer in Sunnyvale,

> Calif., was having abdominal pain and nausea. Her

> doctor told her to have a blood test, then ushered

> her out of his office, ignoring her when she asked

> what the test was for.

> " The test came back, and he said I have a virus, "

> Ms. Wong said. " He said, 'Take this medicine for two

> weeks.' I asked, 'What kind of virus do I have? How

> did I get it?' But he just said, 'Take the medicine

> and come back in two weeks.' "

> Two weeks later, she still felt ill. " He said,

> 'You're fine, you're fine,' " Ms. Wong said. " I

> said, 'At least tell me the name of the virus.' "

> But, she said, " He just patted my shoulder and sent

> me out, " telling her to return in three months for

> another blood test.

> Perhaps, Ms. Wong said, the doctor did not want to

> spend the time to talk to her, or perhaps he was put

> off by her Chinese accent and thought she would not

> understand. In any event, she never returned to that

> doctor. When she got her medical records, she

> learned that she had had hepatitis A, a viral liver

> infection.

> Ms. Wong had come across a bane of the medical

> profession: the difficult doctor. These doctors may

> be arrogant or rude, highhanded or dismissive. They

> drive away patients who need help, and some have

> been magnets for malpractice claims.

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> Read more at:

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