Question 1

do doctors ever feel like a patient comes in too often?

Accepted Answer

Yes, but: There is always an important reason. Picking up on these cues can lead to significant help from loss to significant maladies that can range from psychiatric to endocrinological with much in between.

Question 2

should doctors email patients?

Accepted Answer

Why not?: Virtually every form of communication may be compromised (not private) in some ways, though certain forms of communication are easier to lose privacy than others. Conversations can be overheard, phone lines tapped or wireless ones received, and e-mails can be hacked into by others if they try hard enough. If a patient contacts me via email, i answer via email or phone. Do what seems right to you!

Question 3

why do doctors hug their patients?

Accepted Answer

Culture?: Even though I was trained in the US, I am originally Latina and we are huggers!  However, I only hug a patient after I have developed a long trusting relationship with them and if I notice my patient is receptive to it.  No hugging for first visits!

Question 4

do doctors have to see 4 or more patients an hour?

Accepted Answer

No: Some doctors see more/hour and some see fewer. It depends upon the doctor, specialty, type of practice, acuity of care, financial reimbursement status, whether they work for themselves or a corporation, and many other factors.

Question 5

how reliable are online patient reviews of doctors?

Accepted Answer

Generally poor: Consider how busy you are in life. Why take time to write a review? Because you had a bad experience with the dr or were told something you did not like to hear. If dr did great job, less likely to review, because that is "expected" care. So tend to reflect the upset few, rather than satisfied many.

Question 6

will doctors buy etorphine to help patients ease pain?

Accepted Answer

Etorphine: Etorphine is for veterinary  use.

Question 7

why do "some" doctors spend so little time with a patient?

Accepted Answer

Time constraints: Unfortunately physicians are paid according to quantity and not quality and feel the pressures to see an increasing number of patients in order to merely "pay the bills." with the increasing costs of medical school and running an office, along with a continuing decrease in payments from insurance companies, it is necessary to fit in many patients. Definitely an unfortunate position for many of us.

Question 8

might doctors tell when a patient is pretending to be sick?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes. : Some people get some sort of psychological gain from pretending to be ill. Others do it to get certain kinds of medications. Not usually hard to spot.

Question 9

do doctors order tests in order to quell patients concerns?

Accepted Answer

Testing: Hi Elizabeth, generally speaking, doctors order tests to either screen patients for diseases that can be detected early and treated, or we order tests to provide a diagnosis and guide treatment based on symptoms a patient discusses.  Normal test results can certainly help to quell patient concerns, but that's not really the primary reason to recommend testing.  Hope that helps!

Question 10

where do we report doctors who do not care for their patients?

Accepted Answer

Locally, carefully: "Who do not care for" means 5 different things to 10 different people, so it helps to discuss the situation with a trusted friend or relative first, especially if one has a trusted person in the medical field. A patient may need to continue getting care if she has an ongoing condition. That means reporting the "only doctor in town" may not be a good idea until after she is seeing another doctor.

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