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Quoted: You must be one of the few who actually LISTENS to patients. Grats on your score. Pizza party at your place?
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You know it take little efforts to just nod your head as you think about shooting your AR later. But especially with women you have to listen. They pick up on that stuff right away. They know when you are sincere and not. I will always give the benefit of the doubt to people but then there have been a few I asked to never come back.
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Well, I went thru 6 different doc's before I found one that I was happy with. Most did not have the time of day and the actual contact with the doc was about 30 seconds to a minute. In and out. You'd be lucky to get a question in edgewise. The one I have now always takes the time to see if your problem is caused by something else and always seems to inquire about past treatment and if it worked. I know he's just glancing thru the chart to remember what was what, but he does listen.
All Docs should work for a vet for a month to learn how to interact with families. While not the same thing of course, I've seen vets that could teach most Docs a thing or two about interaction with people. Maybe it's because they see a lot more death because of the shorter life span, and know how people care for their pets.
And there is no pleasing some people, I can't imagine dealing with some of the idiots and chronic complainer's you have to deal with. I see enough of those in the waiting rooms, 100 lbs overweight then complaining that the Doc isn't doing anything for the knee pain, or hip problems. I know most of them [docs]would LOVE to call their patients ---------------- [insert favorite phrase] and kick their butts out but they just cuss under their breath and smile. [I'd probably start thinking about ARs at that point myself] Unfortunately the Doc already knows that chronic complainer will be back in a week, having done nothing he suggested and wanting to try some new and improved wonder drug that will only treat the symptom, not the problem.