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We pick our by doctors by going to them on recommendation, if we do not feel happy with them as my doctor due to fair reasoning based on my acceptance of the blend of their "bedside" manner, their attitude to the patient as an individual person, attitude exuded by them as the purpose of their becoming a doctor. Lets face it Medicine is a fine art, it's the artist & the canvases that have the problems. A doctor could very well be a doctor for the simple & honest reason to heal & help in the prevention of illness, which is the noblest reason as well, however, he may unwittingly exude the attitude he's in it for the money simply by dealing with many patients (in the eyes of the patient) a little swiftly.

The doctor may just be dealing with the patient in a efficient manner based on their symptoms, or need, leaving valuable time for the patients that require more time, & reducing the seemingly never-ending waiting times. But sometimes a Doctor & Patient just do not belong together, sometimes it is the doctor who picks up on this, sometimes the patient. Whichever the case don't suffer through it, discuss your feelings on the matter & derive a result that should end bad reporting on either side. Example. if the doctor senses the conflict, such as the patient seems to continually ignore or reject advice given by them, however do not seem to ignore other doctors, maybe they could suggest referring the patient to another doctor that they feel may be more compatible to the patient.

Doctors are as individual as their patients, & it is this very reason why some pair ups, though they may not seem it are the best for the situation simply because the doctor & patient each respect the other is not like anyone else they know & the doctor treats the patients needs based on this & the knowledge they have gained on the individuality of the patient; eg. the patient is one of those rare individuals with an extremely unusual subconscious that once the medical condition or injury is positively identified the patient either heals or gets better at seemingly record speed for their general condition, they come in with a difficult to diagnose set of symptoms that could be any one of five illnesses, the doctor respects & know the nature of the uniqueness in this patient so they send the patient for all tests that would enact the swiftest positive diagnosis. Result happy doctor, happy patient (though sick).

Bedside manner, though largely important (actually to the point that we have stopped seeing some very proficient doctors because of it), can actually be ignored by the patient if they feel the doctor is the best for them in every other way from understanding & knowledge to concern & respect. We, have in honesty found very few doctors fit this profile sufficiently to make us comfortable enough to sit with the idea but we have, normally to find a few years later that we are once again in the search for a doctor as that one left, or brought in a policy that we just simply don't believe fair to all involved, whether or not we know them. Even the doctor with a wonderful "bedside" manner according to all their patients has lost many of them (including us) by making one big duff of a policy change that actually negatively affected most of those very patients they lost due to it. We all know that our various Governments have set rules & regulations to abide, we all respect this fact, sometimes begrudgingly, but nonetheless we respect them as fact. But this does not give anyone the licence to abuse the boundaries offered them by these rules, & trust us both sides can, but ultimately, one must ask is it worth it.

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