Posted by undopaminergic on July 7, 2008, at 12:36:42
In reply to Re: Dumb and Dumber - Convo w/ Pdoc's 'assistant', posted by dcruik518 on July 6, 2008, at 14:53:41
> I think if you want to discuss things with your P-doc, you will have to make another appointment. My experience has been that most docs really resent it when you expect them to give you help without paying for an appointment.
>While it's reasonable for a doctor - or any other professional - not to want to spend a lot of time and effort for no compensation, it's also unreasonable to always insist on a formal appointment. E-mail and phone conversations are useful - and sometimes essential - complements that should be offered for a sensible fee.
> BTW, not everyone who is a psychiatrist is a psychopharmacological expert--lots of time you see a resident at a university and these kids often don't know squat.
>Doctors early in their career are one class of health professionals who may not possess the knowledge one would desire or expect, but another class that I find more troublesome is the lazy ones who seem to be in it merely to make a living and appear totally lacking in passion for what should be their field of expertise, but rather do little more than flip the pages of a standard reference book (such as as the PDR or BNF), and who neglect continuing education to the point that they are scarcely more knowledgeable at the time they retire than they were when receiving their medical degree.
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