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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doctors really only fire patients for what they believe is a liability to their malpractice insurance. But I could see how questions could be seen as threatening by some doctors. [/quote]

How is asking doctors questions about your care or prescribed medications threatening? [/quote]

Questions about care is not threatening, but if the questions are because the patient is not trusting my prescribed treatment plan or diagnostic work up as appropriate, then that is not a therapeutic relationship that’s going to benefit them. “You have ordered an abdominal CT, might that not lead to cancer? Can you promise me it won’t lead to cancer?” is also tricky because no of course I can’t, I can just say that I believe the benefit of this tool outweighs the risk for you at this time. If the patient clearly disagrees, then that’s fine, but I’m not going to take on the liability of a patient who refuses my diagnostic work up or, who agrees to it but says they’re going to come after me if it leads to cancer. It’s not worth the headache. Find a doctor you trust and if that’s not me, I get it and that’s fine. [/quote]

I got news for you. There are no patients who trust a Dr. and that includes your patients. They’re all verifying everything you tell them. 
Every patient knows you’re not in it because you care because the odds are you don’t. 
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I can’t imagine having this attitude. Your outlook on life generally must really suck. [/quote]

DP, but lucky you. On a long enough timeline, you'll meet some doctors who will change your mind. Those of us with chronic conditions just get there faster because we see more doctors more often. The whole industry is shit, and while there may occasionally be decent people trying their best in it, the "no good cops" adage tends to hold true in US healthcare too.

Of course, the ableism of not being believed when we try to speak up about the problems, or being insulted or dismissed when we do our own research and ask to be heard as active participants in our care also adds to the suck of having any sort of disability in the first place. And yeah, over time, our outlook on life does tend to decline as a result.

Best of luck for your continued good health, that you may never experience what some of us have to live through.[/quote]

First, I was responding to this complete BS: "I got news for you. There are no patients who trust a Dr. and that includes your patients. They’re all verifying everything you tell them.
[b]Every patient knows you’re not in it because you care because [i]the odds are you don’t[/i][/b][u]."

I have most certainly run into my fair share of bad doctors and doctors who are in it solely for the compensation. Some of my friends are exactly that way.

But to say that odds are skewed to doctors of that type is complete BS and a projection. I think you have a complete misunderstanding of what the medical profession is generally able to do. What exactly is so special about you in particular that warrants extreme amounts of time to solve your problems? That isn't how an economy works - we can't dedicate unending amounts of time of limited resources to singular individuals. So you work within that arrangement and paradigm or you go out and make a ton of money to create the exchange you want.

Also, to assume I have never experienced a chronic condition is also wrong. The difference is I don't expect miracles and I am also not going to show up to a 15 minute appointment with a stack of self-identified pubmed citations demanding they be read on the spot. That is a good way to get fired.[/quote]

Speaking of projecting...   :roll:  where did I say I did any of those things? After waiting howeverlong for my typically-late provider, I want to gtfo as quickly as possible. I don't bring studies; I say "this is what I need" and have whitecoats look at me like I've said it in a foreign language, backwards, while standing on my head because who the eff do I think I am to question their authoritAY?!  :lol:

I don't expect miracles. I don't even expect basic humanity anymore. I generally expect it to be a timesuck and an annoyance, at best, and I'm pleasantly surprised on occasion when I meet an MD who still moves like a human.

And your position of "if you were rich, you could buy better care" is ableist on its face. Disabilities interfere with our earning potential. That's one of the reasons we're seen as "less than". [/quote]

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