Steve
01-10-2004, 09:47 PM
I took all three girls at once to the pediatrician last Tuesday; they all had been coughing, with runny noses, for over a week. It was time. Ear infections, every one. A couple of prescriptions later and we were on our way.
When my wife came home from work I brought her up to date. She asked which doctor had seen them, and I said "I don't know - it's on the forms." She was flabbergasted that I didn't even know which doctor it was.
Truth is, I've never really cared enough to bother to remember any doctor's name, or which doctor I saw. Can't even recall the name of the one that operated on my hands and fixed my carpal tunnel syndrome.
It's not that I discount the value and worth of the work that doctors do. It's just that I guess I sort of view them in the same light as skilled auto mechanics: there's a problem, you describe the symptoms, they perform an examination, fix the problem, you pay for the services, and you're on your way. If the job is done poorly, I'll be back to complain, to be sure. Otherwise.....
So, just curious, how do others view their doctors? Is there some sort of reverence, some sort of relationship, or do you just go to get a problem fixed and don't care who does it as long as it's done?
(I realize that women have a hugely different approach, at least as regards one particular type of doctor, and I understand why. So, ladies, are you particular about your GP, too?)
When my wife came home from work I brought her up to date. She asked which doctor had seen them, and I said "I don't know - it's on the forms." She was flabbergasted that I didn't even know which doctor it was.
Truth is, I've never really cared enough to bother to remember any doctor's name, or which doctor I saw. Can't even recall the name of the one that operated on my hands and fixed my carpal tunnel syndrome.
It's not that I discount the value and worth of the work that doctors do. It's just that I guess I sort of view them in the same light as skilled auto mechanics: there's a problem, you describe the symptoms, they perform an examination, fix the problem, you pay for the services, and you're on your way. If the job is done poorly, I'll be back to complain, to be sure. Otherwise.....
So, just curious, how do others view their doctors? Is there some sort of reverence, some sort of relationship, or do you just go to get a problem fixed and don't care who does it as long as it's done?
(I realize that women have a hugely different approach, at least as regards one particular type of doctor, and I understand why. So, ladies, are you particular about your GP, too?)