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Originally Posted by jrandall
I have one of the great "Marcus Welby" doctors and she is terrific.
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Good for you! I'm glad you're happy with your doctor. What is it in particular that you like about your doctor?
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Instead of being so skeptical and anticipating failure instead of success, consider either trying one of the doctors or just wait and see how others that are going to these doctors feel about their experiences.
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Of what help will it be to wait for others to say how they feel about their experiences? Everyone is different; you like your doctor but the next person may not. And 6 months to a year from now, you may change your mind if something goes wrong. Each individual has a unique set of circumstances. You might be 65 and in good health while the next person might be 85 and in poor health. Which one is more likely to put the doctors skills to the test? And if the 85 year old has a heart attack or stroke and dies, he or she is unlikely to show up here to tell us about the poor treatment. Keep in mind that we will never know about the vast majority of these individual circumstances or conditions because it's none of our business.
Tell me how you think we can
objectively judge the overall performance or effectiveness of the clinics. I think one way to at least get an indication of future performance is to look at who they are hiring and what types of doctors they are hiring. There are no geriatricians so far as I know. They have been featuring them in the newspaper.