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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My doctor at Kaiser often wants to know if I am depressed so they can give out anti depression meds. If I am healthy I physically, I feel well mentally. I guess it's cheaper to drug patients than to help them be physically well.[/quote]

I’m a doctor. Unfortunately I can’t fix a lot of the issues that patients are having - if they come to me super stressed about work and life I can offer emotional support, recommend therapy and prescribe anti depressants. I can’t change the world.

To answer the main question. I care and it burns me out. That’s why I’m so part time (barely see patients) so I think it self selects a bit. If you care too much, you can’t do this job for long.[/quote]

I see what you are saying but to some extent I think when people refer to caring what they are just talking about is focused attention. Like you want your Dr actively listening and engaging, not just going through the motions and that’s what it feels like all too often. And I’m sympathetic to drs. The whole insurance, PE thing, combined seems to have made it really tough for drs not to just feel like robots. I don’t quite understand the economics but it doesn’t seem pleasant for the drs. I’d imagine many want to develop relationships with patients but they need to keep moving. At the derm recently I thought, this really seems like a boring  (although lucrative) job - in and out of the room in about 4 min, no small talk, tiny procedure, next patient, [/quote]

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