Re:I Went to 50 Different Dentists: Almost All Gave a Differ...
by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday August 06, 2023 @05:57PM
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I once had extended work done at a dentist. It took a few hours, some of which involved sitting around and waiting for things to happen.
It gave me a new perspective on that kind of work. From my/our point of view, I was the most important person in the room and my problems really really matter.
From the doctor or dentists POV, I'm one a long long list of people they're seeing that day. It's a health care production line, and even if they have the inclination to be equally caring about everyone - which is a rare quality, because a good medical professionals are only in it for the money - they just don't have the time.
This is not an excuse unprofessional behaviour. But it made me realise that self-advocacy works because you're asking - maybe demanding - more than the production line gives you by default.
Also, medicine is incredibly complicated. And the research is often very low quality.
And that's not taking into account Big Pharma trying to tout its products, whether or not they're suitable or effective.
The most depressing thing recently has been the professional response to Covid. In the UK countless doctors have aggressively given up masking, even in settings with immunocompromised patients.
It's really made it obvious that some doctors are just in it for the money, a good few are phoning it in, surprisingly many have quite irrational beliefs, and the caring expert professionals are much rarer than they should be.
It gave me a new perspective on that kind of work. From my/our point of view, I was the most important person in the room and my problems really really matter.
From the doctor or dentists POV, I'm one a long long list of people they're seeing that day. It's a health care production line, and even if they have the inclination to be equally caring about everyone - which is a rare quality, because a good medical professionals are only in it for the money - they just don't have the time.
This is not an excuse unprofessional behaviour. But it made me realise that self-advocacy works because you're asking - maybe demanding - more than the production line gives you by default.
Also, medicine is incredibly complicated. And the research is often very low quality.
And that's not taking into account Big Pharma trying to tout its products, whether or not they're suitable or effective.
The most depressing thing recently has been the professional response to Covid. In the UK countless doctors have aggressively given up masking, even in settings with immunocompromised patients.
It's really made it obvious that some doctors are just in it for the money, a good few are phoning it in, surprisingly many have quite irrational beliefs, and the caring expert professionals are much rarer than they should be.