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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope. I like to be called Mrs. Soandso. Calling the patient's parent "Mommy" is a way of setting up a hierarchy between doctor and patient by infantilizing the parent. Someone who has just been addressed as "Mommy" is probably less likely to ask the Dr. critical questions about child's care, ask for a second opinion, or even refuse a treatment. It's a way of eliciting compliance by creating a power dynamic.[/quote] Please. You're making way to big a deal out of this. I hope you don't pull this in the ER when your child has something seriously wrong and the resident addresses you as "Mom." Yeah--so it startled me when it happened, but I am glad he wasn't spending his mental energy learning my name and instead was focusing on my child.[/quote]
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