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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None of them ever really care.  They are not family. [/quote]

This is kind of true. As a reminder, this is a job.  So yes, we care to the extent that we want to do a good job and troubleshoot and problem solve. I care a lot about solving your present problems, if any, and avert new ones.  And I “care” to the extent that if I, say, truly believe that inhaler ABC is superior and will actually get your COPD under control, then I will go to bat to complete a prior authorization to make sure you can insurance coverage for that drug.

But do I “care” that you started smoking again in secret because your son is a ne’er do well and left his wife and this is making you anxious and you wish he would get a job and and and. ….. honestly, I don’t.

I’m sure that comes across to you as callous when I cut you off in the middle of your rambling story about your smoking relapse, when I’m explaining to you why your COPD has come raging back.  I’ll write a referral to counseling for you and suggest an Internet source where you can select a therapist.

But your lifelong difficult relationship with your adult children is just beyond the scope of your 20 minute appointment. Candidly, your lifetime of poor judgment is also jot something I “care” about on the individual level.

How could I? I would like someone to explain to me how I am supposed to genuinely care about that level of background for 200 patients.  You can’t. [/quote]

Two hundred patients? You only have 200? [/quote]

NP, PA, or subspecialist (maybe).

Average US PCP panel is around 2500 patients.[/quote]

PP back again. You are correct, I dropped a zero and my current panel is around 2000.  I'm in Maryland.[/quote]

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