Doctors : Arrogant... The more you know the longer you live

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:31 PM

Re: Doctors : Arrogant, rude, highhanded and

dismissive - NY Times Report.

 

 

> 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.

>>

>> Read more at:

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