Do Physicians judge patients based on what they wear? Designer Bags? Casual Clothing?

[Anonymous]

Do you think you receive different medical care based on what you are wearing?

Do you always dress a certain way for medical appointments?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think you receive different medical care based on what you are wearing?

Do you always dress a certain way for medical appointments?

When my father had cancer, he was definitely judged by the hospital. He was older (93) and black. They assumed he didn't have medical insurance so they were really horrible. I had to really show out! He had very good health insurance and I am a lawyer.

[Anonymous]

No judgement.

[Anonymous]

Doctors only judge on weight, gender, and race.

[Anonymous]

Aren’t you usually wearing a gown when you see the actual doctor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doctors only judge on weight, gender, and race.

I think weight and grooming might provoke some judgment.

[Anonymous]

Only if they went to a fancy pants private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think you receive different medical care based on what you are wearing?

Do you always dress a certain way for medical appointments?

When my father had cancer, he was definitely judged by the hospital. He was older (93) and black. They assumed he didn't have medical insurance so they were really horrible. I had to really show out! He had very good health insurance and I am a lawyer.

Having or not having medical insurance is the key issue. If you were a poor white person without insurance, you would know this. I’ve encountered incredibly hostile physicians who clearly resented me, and flat out told me I’d be forced to pay up out of pocket.

I absolutely encourage everyone to have a support person with them at all times when seeing a doctor, or especially when hospitalized. This goes for rich and poor, black and white. This is 1000x more critical for women having a hospitalized childbirth, again black or white, rich or poor. I hope you agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think you receive different medical care based on what you are wearing?

Do you always dress a certain way for medical appointments?

When my father had cancer, he was definitely judged by the hospital. He was older (93) and black. They assumed he didn't have medical insurance so they were really horrible. I had to really show out! He had very good health insurance and I am a lawyer.

Having or not having medical insurance is the key issue. If you were a poor white person without insurance, you would know this. I’ve encountered incredibly hostile physicians who clearly resented me, and flat out told me I’d be forced to pay up out of pocket.

I absolutely encourage everyone to have a support person with them at all times when seeing a doctor, or especially when hospitalized. This goes for rich and poor, black and white. This is 1000x more critical for women having a hospitalized childbirth, again black or white, rich or poor. I hope you agree.

That's the low end. On the high end, being willing to just pay out of pocket gets you better treatment

[Anonymous]

If you can afford medical treatment out-of-pocket, you can afford insurance, but that’s off topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can afford medical treatment out-of-pocket, you can afford insurance, but that’s off topic.

Sure, but there are doctors and practices who prefer not to deal with insurance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think you receive different medical care based on what you are wearing?

Do you always dress a certain way for medical appointments?

When my father had cancer, he was definitely judged by the hospital. He was older (93) and black. They assumed he didn't have medical insurance so they were really horrible. I had to really show out! He had very good health insurance and I am a lawyer.

Having or not having medical insurance is the key issue. If you were a poor white person without insurance, you would know this. I’ve encountered incredibly hostile physicians who clearly resented me, and flat out told me I’d be forced to pay up out of pocket.

I absolutely encourage everyone to have a support person with them at all times when seeing a doctor, or especially when hospitalized. This goes for rich and poor, black and white. This is 1000x more critical for women having a hospitalized childbirth, again black or white, rich or poor. I hope you agree.

I agree that you will be treated less well if you don't have insurance. But the assumption that he didn't have insurance was because he is Black.

The poster didn't even say he was poor -- comparing him to poor white patients was your own bias (similar to the doctor's bias).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t you usually wearing a gown when you see the actual doctor?

+1

But I'm actually judging the doctors- ohh, your mask has the Nats logo on it or their earrings look really expensive.

[Anonymous]

My son is a physician. He wouldn’t recognize a designer bag if it hit him in the face!

[Anonymous]

I have a close family member who is a doctor and the only people he judges are the ones who are clearly tryign to scam him into giving them certain medications or scam him into filling out bogus workers' comp claims.