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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely. I always dress professionally or wear casual clothes like Patagonia or my college sweatshirt like a PP mentioned. I don’t go overboard as that can also backfire.

Doctors are just people, and people are judgmental. I don’t take chances.  Unrelated, but Being Mortal is a book everyone should read. Talks a lot about how doctors are uncomfortable with death and conversations around that, just like us. Same goes for superficial assumptions and judgments.  [/quote]

Patagonia?  Wow, they must have been so impressed you got two lollipops!  Lucky you.

My father only had a few weeks to live and he told me the conversation he had with one of the  oncologists at the hospital made a huge impact on him.  [/quote]

I just gave it as an example - if I’m being bunny to the doctor’s office, I wear something that does look like it cost a lot even if it’s very casual. I don’t throw on my ratty Simpsons shirt from middle school.

Yes, there are many lovely doctors. But they are just like regular people, good and bad. I don’t always know who I’m getting and my health is at stake. Yes, I will dress well or look like I have money and am well educated because those people are treated better everywhere in the world, including in their doctors’ offices. Why risk subpar care? [/quote]

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