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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who had a child who had to be diagnosed with a rare disease and had subsequent treatment, it is very hard to find a doctor who is a decent listener, which is absolutely the most important skill for diagnosis.  I learned I had to be very aggressive on behalf of my child and basically be a jerk if I felt like the person in front of me was not taking me seriously.  DC is ok but it’s not really thanks to any clinicians unfortunately, except for 1.  [/quote]

And I had a serious diagnosis missed entirely by a touchy-feely good listener with great social skills.[/quote]

Same for me. I went to someone who got amazing 5 star rave reviews for being so caring and really spending a lot of time talking and listening to the patient. This was true, my first appt lasted nearly 1.5 hours!! That’s pretty much unheard of around here. But in the end, he simply wrote me a script for Prozac and sent me on my way.  :evil:

This really messed with me as I started think my pain was in my head. When I finally went to another doctor that actually ordered tests, I was properly diagnosed and surgery changed my life.

As a side note, first doc was white American from an American med school, second was a brown immigrant from a foreign medical school. But I think of that as anecdotal, could have been the other way around for someone else. I just want a strong clinician, don’t care about their conversation skills.

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