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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]How long are we talking? Working in medicine is hard. Give a little grace. If you haven't ever worked in a patient facing position in medicine it may be hard to understand but there are a zillion reasons drs are typically behind each day. They are usually doing their best.[/b][/quote]

Amen to this.  Patients can be crazy bad historians.  Do you know how many times I've had a patient come in for something like a rash, only to have them tell me as I have my hand on the knob to exit: "wow, Thanks so much for helping me with this rash.  It was really the last straw for me with the blood I'm peeing and everything else."  Me:  :shock:  :shock: 
[b]You can't make this sh$%t up but it happens all the time in medicine.  A patient will purposefully or completely inadvertently mention something in the last minute of the appointment that you can't ignore.  [/b]Everyone on DCUM (smart, good consumers of healthcare) would be SHOCKED what people live with for weeks or months and don't think to mention to their doctors.  It's something.

I don't excuse providers who run late each and every visit but I do give a LOT of grace. 
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Exactly. You can try to motivate this, and I do -- I even ask at the beginning, "looks like you are booked for (specific concern XYZ), was there anything else? Because if anything else comes up after we get started, we'll probably have to book another visit," but that still doesn't always cut it.

And I work with kids, so I definitely can't just put off scary stuff. It's not their fault that their parents can't be up front about things.[/quote]

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