Time Magazine: What Makes a Good Patient?

RubyTuesday · � #1 � 04-23-2006, 08:09 PM

For those of you/us who use the services of Official Medicine physicians, you may be surprised by this article.

What Makes a Good Patient?

https://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...hat_makes_a_go

Quote:

Few patients realize how deeply they can affect their doctors. That is a big secret in medicine--one doctors hate to admit. We think about, talk about, dream about our patients. We went into clinical medicine because we like dealing on a personal, even intimate level with people who have chosen to put their bodies in our hands. Our patients make or break our days.

Roxie · � #2 � 04-24-2006, 03:57 PM

Wow, this came as a shock to me. I thought most female docs went into medicine to prove they were as good as men to their male chauvinist fathers.
I was sure most male docs went into medicine to have power, make big money, and get better looking wives than they could otherwise get.
Now I just need to find these doctors who care so much what I think.. :wink:
Roxie

P.S. I have had one doc tell me I taught him things! That was a shocking admission, esp. from a male doctor.

Skepzilla · � #3 � 04-24-2006, 04:25 PM

It's no surprise to me. There are good doctors, just as there are good bricklayers and good football coaches. Usually you can pick out the persons who will be good doctors later in their career from a first-year class of medical students.

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