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What do you look for in a doctor?
Asked at Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa on April 22, 2010
“Is he on my insurance plan? ”
“What I would like to see is a menu of prices for everything they provide. ”
“Someone who will listen and work with you, and also be open to complementary medicine in addition to Western medicine. ”
“Someone I can relate to. I like to ask a lot of questions, and some doctors appear to be put off by that.”
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Comments
RoeDapple 3 years, 1 month ago
This OTS seems geared more toward H_Lector
independant1 3 years, 1 month ago
I prefer Doctors with an MD who'll treat and give an opinion and ship you off to specialist when necessary.
Had some really wierd, no, really really really really wierd accupuncture treatments this century. Ins covered it. Right up there with voodoo in my book.
Holisitic docs? uh uh.
Psychiatrists? yup
When a doctor has pulled you through why you always got a warm place in your heart for him. (Will Rogers) Cardio vascular and other specialists? yup
independant1 3 years, 1 month ago
One other thing -
a brain
LadyJ 3 years, 1 month ago
Jean has it right, why can't we see the prices up front?
snap_pop_no_crackle 3 years, 1 month ago
Warm hands.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 3 years, 1 month ago
Small fingers.
xbusguy 3 years, 1 month ago
A doctor that will agree that I am "under Height" .not. "over weight"
devobrun 3 years, 1 month ago
Primary care medicine is faced with conflicting goals: 1) reduce prices. 2) better public relations 3) flexible treatment
The 4 respondents to your question answered with needs that don't add up. You can't reduce prices without limiting care.
You can't charge less while providing western care for some things and non-scientific care for others. This is an expansion of the care given and it costs money.
You can't sit in your office and talk at length about the rhino virus you have and how you can treat it with steroids, zinc, vitamin c and chicken soup for a half hour and expect it to be $15.
Inserting a middle man (insurance) only increases the cost.
Look for primary care doctors (general internists and family practice) to go away over the next few years. They will be replaced by nurse practitioners. Or maybe some new category of primary health care worker. Triage nurse, entry nurse.....whatever.
The interface between a service provider and the population in the modern world is best observed at Walmart or Micky-Ds. Fast, impersonal, low wages.
Expect primary health care to be delivered by CVS and triage nurses at an increasing level. If you want to talk to the nurse....forget it. They will follow a protocol. You will accept the protocol.
There will be few options. Medicine....soviet style.
davidsmom 3 years, 1 month ago
I want one who actually LISTENS to me and truly connects with me. I wants one who doesn't always act like he's in a hurry to get to the next patient. I want one who appreciates a holistic approach. I want one who lets me know that he's just as human as I am. I want one who appreciates discussing the information I've provided him about myself and the research I've done on my own. I want one who will take the time to answer as many questions as I have to ask. And I like for him to be a runner. I have several like this - an OB/GYN, an orthopedic sports medicine physician, a chiropractor and a podiatrist...and I absolutely love them.
snap_pop_no_crackle 3 years, 1 month ago
Good one, TOB.
RoeDapple 3 years, 1 month ago
Nothing in an award winning local newspaper today about Earth Day 2010? Or did I miss it?
CWGOKU 3 years, 1 month ago
Dang! Snap beat me to it with the warm hands comment. My Doctor is my next door neighbor and he takes good care of me so I can help him with his yard work and keep an eye on his house when he is out of town. Good situation for me.
sherbert 3 years, 1 month ago
I like doctors who are not so quick to put on you medication for every little thing. Work it out naturally and do everything you can before writing a prescription.
somedude20 3 years, 1 month ago
is a happy ending out of the question?
Romans832 3 years, 1 month ago
Not when that ending is "heaven." Since I'm not getting out of this world alive, I'm glad to know that, even compared to the best days, there's something better ahead. Remember the story about the woman who was buried with a fork? If not, do an internet search, and find out her thought behind that.
RoeDapple 3 years, 1 month ago
♣The Blog Was Forked♣
snap_pop_no_crackle 3 years, 1 month ago
Someone who didn't attend medical school in a former Soviet satellite or a third world country.
IndusRiver 3 years, 1 month ago
All doctors should be made in the image of Dr. Robert Carnahan (ret.) - a Saint. Bless his precious, sweet, golden heart.
denak 3 years, 1 month ago
A good nurse practicioner. I like my doctor but I love his nurse. I really think the support staff a doctor has makes all the difference in terms of service provided. If I have a question, I can call Kelly and ask her and she will know the answer. If I can't get in to see him, I ask for her because often times what I need isn't major, it just has to be taken care of.
The same with my son's pediatrician. Sometimes she is booked and so I ask for her nurse and boom, we can get in that day and I think often times, we get better care from the nurses than the doctors simply because they don't have appointments stacked over each other and they have a little more time to sit and talk to us.
Dena
9070811 3 years, 1 month ago
We can't see prices up front because it is dependent upon our cumulation of services and our insurance plans.
1029 3 years, 1 month ago
I make sure that everyone I do business with is a White Christian who shares my love for firearms and my distrust of big government. To accomplish this, I've developed a series of questions that I use to discreetly figure out if a person is secretly working for the socialists. I asked these questions before choosing my doctor, accountant, mechanic, landscaper, etc. And there are also businesses that I won't go to if they fail my Question Test. For instance, I stopped shopping at that Dillon's on 23rd because I think they may have a socialist working in their deli.
jonas_opines 3 years, 1 month ago
Can you list some of the questions? I've been needing to make my own secret question test for some time now, but have lacked the proper inspiration.
rtpayton 3 years, 1 month ago
Make certain your doc drinks so hands shakes.
rtpayton 3 years, 1 month ago
Sorry to inform you but that wasn't a cigarette. The good doc had bloodshot eyes.
K_Verses_The_World 3 years, 1 month ago
My best friend, my doctor Won’t even say what it is I’ve got
Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
riverdrifter 3 years, 1 month ago
I just want know how well my doc can hit a one iron. If he can hit a good one iron then he can do anything.
somedude20 3 years, 1 month ago
I also like good muzak. I'm talk about John Tesh doing instrumental versions of Hot for Teacher, Baba O'riley, Ride the Lightning, Seasons in the Abyss, The Man in Me (for you spacebob), and of course anything from Sabbath (Ozzy years only)
Studies show that if your doc has good taste in music there is a 13.1% chance that you will live longer (if you believe that you should ask for a consult for a lobotomy)
rtpayton 3 years, 1 month ago
Also muzak must have Willie Perryman's "Dr Feel-Good".
whats_going_on 3 years, 1 month ago
someone who is compassionate and kind...someone who will listen to my concerns without making me feel stupid or as I'm wasting their time...someone who will talk to me like a concerned friend rather than a stiff, by-the-book doctor.
toe 3 years, 1 month ago
Minimum price and minimum care.
LadyJ 3 years, 1 month ago
One who doesn't charge for an extended visit if you ask one question. Seriously my dad was charge extra and when he called and asked why he was told he asked a question and the doctor answered. My doctor does the same thing.
beatrice 3 years, 1 month ago
Medical degree that isn't from a tropical island in the Bahamas.
independant1 3 years, 1 month ago
Brings to mind Dr. Hook
pinballqueen 3 years, 1 month ago
patience
zikzak 3 years, 1 month ago
I prefer my doctor to arrive in a blue box and use only one instrument - a sonic screwdriver.
sunshine_noise 3 years, 1 month ago
A Doctor who isn't too busy to see you. I hate it when I call for an appointment and can't get in to for 3 weeks to a month - sometimes over a month. I don't call the Doctor unless I deem it necessary to see one and that would mean within 2-3 days not months. I figure if they are too busy to then time to find another one.
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