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> On the one hand, I want to chalk this up to them being like everyone else: 90% of them are just shit at their jobs. On the other hand, I have it on good autho
by adkadskhj 6y ago
> On the one hand, I want to chalk this up to them being like everyone else: 90% of them are just shit at their jobs. On the other hand, I have it on good authority from nearly every nurse I've ever met that doctors are indeed arrogant, dismissive, and often mistaken.
I think there's an extra layer. Any public facing jobs tend to take a toll on you, too. Some more than others. With doctors patients lie to you constantly, for a variety of reasons. Some drug seeking, some simply not wanting to admit it.
Yea, i imagine they're like everyone else (shit), but i also imagine it is very easy become very dismissive in that line of work.
It's a fine line to know what to filter and what to ignore, i imagine.
- wavepruner 6y agoI think the issue is more that the healthcare industry makes doctors gatekeepers to healthcare, which can breed tremendous amount of resentment between doctors and patients. A doctor is pressured/forced to provide service to patients, and patients are not legally allowed to seek healthcare from other types of professionals, like biochemists for example, which often have a much better understanding of some diseases than doctors. When there is so much coercion and lack of consent, people get very frustrated.