A while ago I joined my girlfriend for a few doctors' visits because of chronic pain. I definitely noticed that with most of them it's really hard to get a word

A while ago I joined my girlfriend for a few doctors' visits because of chronic pain. I definitely noticed that with most of them it's really hard to get a word in. You go in, they ask what the problem is, barely listen for a few moments, order tests and then proceed with what they want to do. It feels like the patient is just a thing that needs to be processed as quickly as possible. I don't recall a single visit where there was a real exchange between patient and doctor.