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41 Secrets Your Doctor Would Never Share. What some docs really think about patients.

Jun 26, 2008 01:19

My God. These little known facts are so true about medical practice... Sigh. :(

This is a valuable article to read.

Remember: doctors are human, not gods. Please try to be responsible and prepared patients. Please empathize with the hassles they must endure.

41 Secrets Your Doctor Would Never Share (Reader's Digest).

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lovemonster June 26 2008, 12:48:40 UTC

thanks!

spicklething June 26 2008, 16:38:43 UTC

A lot of it is true, but it is a jaded view of medicine.

I do take issue with the 94% of physicians take freebies from drug reps or that our patients wait while we are chatting ith the reps. Not true. At least in my institution. I buy my own pens, i do NOT take any freebies and seldom meet with reps. Our institution has strict rules for reps. They must book their appointment time within departments, and never during patient care time.

I tend to piss off reps, because the only question I ever ask is: does our healthplan cover it, why is it better than a generic that does exactly the same thing, and will medical assistance cover it? If it doesn't meet that criteria, you are clearly wasting my time.

And in pediatrics, yes, most fevers are caused by fevers. Common things are truly common.

tri_blog June 26 2008, 16:58:30 UTC

And in pediatrics, yes, most fevers are caused by fevers. Common things are truly common.

Haha. Unlike in "House."

I worked for 2 doctors' offices, as an MA, and we had free lunch virtually daily. One of the offices was especially blatant about taking gifts from the drug reps. During Xmas, they would all exchange presents, the doc tried to introduce a girl to the rep to date, etc.