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just returned from seeing my doc and when i told him the problem, he went onto 'Patient UK' website and printed me off some things to do at home to help alleviate my symptoms. No examination, nothing. I could have done this myself at home.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Have you noticed that doctors, GP's rarely examine you anymore. I was wondering if i was imagining things, and mentioned it to several people, and they came to the same conclusion. Is it because they fear being sued for malpractice or whatever the term is. It would seem that what he did was pretty usual
I find that it is a bad idea to tell the doctor that you've looked up the symptoms on the internet - the self-diagnosis gets poo-pooed. And once, in the days before the internet, I went to a doctor and told him I had cystitis. When he asked "and what makes you think you have cystitis" (not nicely, I might add), I explained my symptoms, then he huffily wrote me a prescription for the correct antibiotics to treat cystitis. Nowadays I find the best way is just to describe the symptoms of whatever and let the doctor tell me what is wrong, even if I already know.
i told a doc i had a lump ...an he just shrugged and said it'll be nothing...
come back in 3 months if its still there...
i said to him he should at least look...so he did, but at arms length, keeping as far away as possible... i made another appointment to see someone else...
ridiculous attitide and theyre heading for malpractice law suits...
he was nigerian and didnt speak very good english...i wonder if thats just how they do things and dont realise we expect a more thorough service
but then i began to doubt a lot more and wonder if he just wasnt as qualified as he claimed...
come back in 3 months if its still there...
i said to him he should at least look...so he did, but at arms length, keeping as far away as possible... i made another appointment to see someone else...
ridiculous attitide and theyre heading for malpractice law suits...
he was nigerian and didnt speak very good english...i wonder if thats just how they do things and dont realise we expect a more thorough service
but then i began to doubt a lot more and wonder if he just wasnt as qualified as he claimed...
I got a netdoctor print-out last week at GPs.
I get the impression he's just relieved I'm not yet another raving junky or psychotic self-harmer. He's a good man but hoards of sad, mad and bad people are queuing up for his scripts. Then there's the hurdle of getting past the receptionist......'you'd better go to A&E' is the standard response to a request for an appointment.
I get the impression he's just relieved I'm not yet another raving junky or psychotic self-harmer. He's a good man but hoards of sad, mad and bad people are queuing up for his scripts. Then there's the hurdle of getting past the receptionist......'you'd better go to A&E' is the standard response to a request for an appointment.