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I am always uneasy about his/her
age:
gender:
attitude:
look:
manners:
Total Votes : 4

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Astro Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Location: USA Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:10 am	Post subject: When you go to the doctor When you go to the doctor, what are some of the things that make you feel uncomfortable, skeptical?


iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:26 am	Post subject: I personally think that we are paying customers, even to doctors. I certainly appreciate skills they acquired and also the fact that they are trying to make me feel better, but it is very much an economical activity in our society(in my opinion). Consequently, when a doctor behaves like he/she has this god-given special knowledge and skills and that we need to be appreciative just to be the presence of their greatness, I have some problem. BTW, I voted for "attitude."

Astro Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Location: USA Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:53 am	Post subject: I don't trust doctors who are (or look) too young.

cloningOk Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:55 am	Post subject: Quote: I don't trust doctors who are (or look) too young. Do you actually check their qualification like how many years they've been practicing medicine before you go see them?

Astro Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Location: USA Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:07 am	Post subject: cloningOk wrote: Quote: I don't trust doctors who are (or look) too young. Do you actually check their qualification like how many years they've been practicing medicine before you go see them? This "age prejudice" stems from the night when my father had a heart attack, and then in ER I saw this very young doctor who didn't really look confident. I felt very uneasy about it.

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:16 am	Post subject: Quote: This "age prejudice" stems from the night when my father had a heart attack, and then in ER I saw this very young doctor who didn't really look confident. Well, sorry to hear that. With regard to your perspective, personal experience has huge impact on how you see and judge various healthcare issues; this happens to policy makers as well.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:17 pm	Post subject: I don't feel uneasy about any aspects of the doctor. If I felt uneasy about anything, it would be the nature/seriousness of the problem in hand. Males are notorious for not going to the doctor when they have a problem. Thankfully, I've never had that problem really. Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:12 pm	Post subject: Quote: Males are notorious for not going to the doctor when they have a problem. Thankfully, I've never had that problem really. Do you go see a doctor regularly or only when you have a problem(like when I had a terrible pain on my shoulder several weeks ago ...)?

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:54 am	Post subject: Personally, I only go if I have a problem (which thankfully hasn't been all that often). Aaron

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Astro

Joined: 24 Jul 2004

Location: USA

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:10 am

Post subject: When you go to the doctor

When you go to the doctor, what are some of the things that make you feel uncomfortable, skeptical?

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:26 am

Post subject:

I personally think that we are paying customers, even to doctors. I certainly appreciate skills they acquired and also the fact that they are trying to make me feel better, but it is very much an economical activity in our society(in my opinion). Consequently, when a doctor behaves like he/she has this god-given special knowledge and skills and that we need to be appreciative just to be the presence of their greatness, I have some problem. BTW, I voted for "attitude."

Astro

Joined: 24 Jul 2004

Location: USA

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:53 am

Post subject:

I don't trust doctors who are (or look) too young.

cloningOk

Joined: 25 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:55 am

Post subject:

Quote:

I don't trust doctors who are (or look) too young.

Do you actually check their qualification like how many years they've been practicing medicine before you go see them?

Astro

Joined: 24 Jul 2004

Location: USA

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:07 am

Post subject:

cloningOk wrote:

Quote:

I don't trust doctors who are (or look) too young.

Do you actually check their qualification like how many years they've been practicing medicine before you go see them?

This "age prejudice" stems from the night when my father had a heart attack, and then in ER I saw this very young doctor who didn't really look confident.
I felt very uneasy about it.

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:16 am

Post subject:

Quote:

This "age prejudice" stems from the night when my father had a heart attack, and then in ER I saw this very young doctor who didn't really look confident.

Well, sorry to hear that.

With regard to your perspective, personal experience has huge impact on how you see and judge various healthcare issues; this happens to policy makers as well.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:17 pm

Post subject:

I don't feel uneasy about any aspects of the doctor. If I felt uneasy about anything, it would be the nature/seriousness of the problem in hand. Males are notorious for not going to the doctor when they have a problem. Thankfully, I've never had that problem really.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:12 pm

Post subject:

Quote:

Males are notorious for not going to the doctor when they have a problem. Thankfully, I've never had that problem really.

Do you go see a doctor regularly or only when you have a problem(like when I had a terrible pain on my shoulder several weeks ago ...)?

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:54 am

Post subject:

Personally, I only go if I have a problem (which thankfully hasn't been all that often).

Aaron

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