I laughed out loud at this cartoon, not because of the doctor’s attitude — my own doctor wisely encourages me to do my own research — but because it reminds me of Kaitlin’s pediatrician. When Kaitlin broke her ankle the doctor went into another room and brought back a book — on how to set a fracture like Kaitlin’s. As I recall she said the treatment depended on which bone(s) were broken so she needed to refresh her memory. Good for her! She didn’t feel the need to impress me with her knowledge, she just wanted to treat the ankle. That’s the kind of doctor I like.
November 13, 2015
There’s no point in doctors acting more informed than they really are. They’re human like anyone else and obviously there are gaps in their knowledge. I’d rather they admitted to uncertainty than pretending to know all the answers.
I don’t trust ones that claim they know all the answers.
As long as there is the humility to accept that they cannot remember everything but do know where to access the necessary information, I would call it being completely professional.
Me too!
i ditto nick and rummy.
it’s those who act like god that i can’t stand.
and today with the web… and so many really quality sites… people are more informed. which is a good thing i think.
I think it’s a great thing. Patients who try to inform themselves are the ones who take responsibility for their health. It saves the doctors a lot of time.
I’ve met a few “god-like ones” – they usually start out okay on knowledge but then they drift into this stance…I decided one of the last ones, had to go back to med-school, too young and the one before that had come up to “his use by date”… current one seems better, but he is still on my “wait and see” list!
Albert isn’t the primary care GP – but he’s on a different sphere – which is the point of issue with this typing lark/hands – having a day where I am having to go back and remove extra “letters, actually numbers entering into sentences” – bugger
I hope your current doctor turns out okay. It is nice to have one you can trust.
What is Albert’s training? It sounds as if he’s a plus?
Albert is the “hand specialist” who helped my wrist and bones heal without surgical intervention. He outlined carefully the pros/cons on the matter but if he hadn’t been involved someone else would just “pinned it” – I don’t think he expected me to get as much movement back as the alignment was quite a bit off – but somehow I did!