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Supercilious dismissal is not generally the appropriate approach.
by gruseom 15y ago
Supercilious dismissal is not generally the appropriate approach.
- carbocation 15y agoYeah, so as it turns out, speaking in generalities is useless. Let's talk about the specific condition so those of us with a medical background can talk about the degree of difficulty of diagnosis and treatment. Saying "being dismissive is bad" is just universally true.
- robrenaud 15y agoI think my spam filter does a pretty good job at being dismissive, and I am thankful for it.
- carbocation 15y agoI guess I thought we were talking about physicians.
- ceejayoz 15y agoIn a perfect world, perhaps. Here in the States, though, there's already a shortage of general practitioners. Expecting them to spend significant extra time with all the hypochondriacs is simply not practical. Doing so would be a detriment to every patient in the system.
- StrawberryFrog 15y agoBut for "disease most doctors won't see in a lifetime of practice" it generally is appropriate (or at least some form of dismissal is appropriate), since the patient is generally wrong. NB: "generally" in this case means approx 99.9% of the time.