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Old Mar 17, 2011, 04:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Tsunamisurfer View Post
The ones I've seen don't care about the details. They want you out of the consulting room as soon as possible so they can improve their turnover. I'll tell them as much as I deem necessary to get the help I need.
Yes, yes, and yes. I actually had an argument with a friend yesterday about this. He kept insisting I should tell my pdoc EVERYTHING because I'm not in the position to know what's important for the doctor to know so I should just give them a good idea of everything that is going on in my head. Hahaha! Sorry, there is laughter in my head..!! As if one can say it ALL, as if the doctor can put it all in the right light and make the correct connections and assumptions, as if the doctor is some sort of saviour...Aaahhh...Unfortunately not, as a general rule anyway. One pdoc told me once that the patient becomes the best doctor for themselves with the help and knowledge of the pdoc. Filtering is necessary. That's when you have cooperation instead of handing yourself over to someone else completely. Especially if that someone (like the doctors in my clinic) have other 299 patients in their care. I don't see the doctors as a conspiracy but I do feel I should 'delegate' when I'm in the doctor's court.