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Originally Posted by whartonjelly
The doctors are contacted by ERs, Urgent Cares, Nursing homes, Hospitals, and Hospice all day long besides their office appts. They run late because they are CARING. I have very high regards for all doctors. I wait.
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A few years ago, I developed a fairly close relationship with a guy at the gym. We worked out together most mornings. He is a doctor, and at that time, he was in a large medical group of about 100 doctors. He was head of a committee to "straighten out" some major problems the group was having. He told me that the majority of the doctors in the group were "uncooperative" and had a "superiority attitude." He said that their appointment scheduling was a nightmare and almost unmanageable. He further said that most of the docs had joined the group to cut down on office expense and individual malpractice fees. But, he said, they didn't want to conform to a group mentality. They still wanted to be the kings of their own castle, subsequently refusing to conform to convention. The word he used most often was "arrogant."
Frankly, I would put more stock in his testimony than I would a television actor who portrays an annoyingly arrogant doctor.
The more we quietly sit and wait for these medical professional to "get around to seeing us" the more they will do it. I personally think they don't care that we are sitting out there for hours. We are just dollar signs to many of them. Just observe how attentive they are when you try to talk to them. "See you back here in two weeks, NEXT!"
JLK