Comments on: Tips To Find A Good-Enough Doctor

By: Kallum Mitterer

Kallum Mitterer — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:10:12 +0000

Great Tips. I like to look online to review doctors and look for qualified professionals. Doctors are important and by looking on the net i can review profiles of doctors in my area. I use but there are many others that supply awesome information and resources on helping you to find the perfect practitioner

By: Alvaro Butler

Alvaro Butler — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:25:24 +0000

I agree with you to these tips in finding a good-enough doctor. It’s very important to find a doctor that professional and you feel comfortable with he/she. More good-value will be added to a doctor that will admit he/she doesn’t have the answer but will work with you. Well, your info is beneficial. Thanks for sharing.

By: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D.

Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:14:28 +0000

OMG! That is so funny and horrifying at the same time!

That’s another reason I lean toward teaching hospitals. If your doctor is on the medical school faculty he/she is under closer scrutiny to meet certain standards. Not sure-fire but better than nothing.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:40:37 +0000

In our hospital, the nurses ask this riddle?

Q: What do you call the med student who comes in dead last in his medical school studies?

A: “Doctor”.

By: Alexandra Barton

Alexandra Barton — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:45:54 +0000

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By: Katrin

Katrin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:13:19 +0000

One more thing Dr.A, and I think this is really important, also for your book. (of course, I could speak on this topic endlessly.)

…to never start and try to compare one patient’s condition with another on the so called objective plane…to really focus on the patient’s experience, because THIS VERY MATTER is among the missing links that is so very crucial and undervalued/under recognized.

The ‘subjective’ in research is a place where research needs to go and place more attention..all good research. Your experience alone with patients and your own life IS important research. And with the possibilities we now have vis internet communication, there we have a ‘gold mine’.

By: Katrin

Katrin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:34 +0000

Yes, Dr. A, what won’t kill you will make you stronger, or sometimes both.

By: Katrin

Katrin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:56:56 +0000

Oh, Wilted Rose, you are bringing up another huge and important subject that has a life of it’s own. A subject Dr. A may want to touch upon in her book as well, as this may make for a needed chapter.

Sometimes, just NOTHING is enough to revoke a doctor’s license. Doctors in general are really and literally self-destructive in their unwillingness to ever speak out against horribly destructive colleagues. (and when they do…OMG)

Their rule of ‘no say, no see’ is really neurotic, I believe. 90% of all lawsuits and complaints and ‘malpractice payoffs’ goes to those 5% of repeat offender doctors who do it again, and again, and again, and whose license is not revoked.

it’s such a sore place for me, I won’t even start.

By: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D.

Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:19:33 +0000

Dear WiltedRose, Unfortunately ‘jackass’ is not enough to revoke his license to practice medicine…yet. Good for your pain management doctor for hearing you and sending your to CC!

Dr. A

By: WiltedRose

WiltedRose — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:39:03 +0000

Several years ago I was referred to an orthopedic surgeon for a 2nd opinion. While there, he attempted to give me an injection for my bursitis. It was so painful I screamed and told him to get the needle out. When I told him that he was lousy at giving shots, he screamed at me that he has given this same injection to many others, even a 70 year old woman. Needless to say, I never went back. By the way, I have had many shots in both my spine and for bursitis and I have never had the pain I got when I was given the first injection,

When my pain management was going to send me to him for an evaluation for surgery, I told him that the 1st doctor was a jackass and I wouldn’t go back to him. my doctor smiled and is sending me to Cleveland Clinic.
As far as I’m concerned, the jackass doctor shouldn’t be allowed to practice. If he got so upset to scream at me, “he has problems” He was definitely not even close to a “good enough doctor,”

By: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D.

Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:27:07 +0000

Cinderkeys, Many people in your situation do the following:
1) Locate the specialist they want to consult with.
2) Call or email them to request a consultation.
3) If they agree to the consult they will request your medical records. Some will request the records before they agree to the consult and might charge for the review of records.
4) You travel to the expert for the examination any tests they need and the consultation.
5) While the expert can’t follow you they could make recommendations to your local doctor.
6) Keep in mind this may or may not be covered by your insurance. Because it is a rare disease it is more likely medical necessity can be justified. If it is covered you would still probably need the blessing of your local doctor for the consultation.

I may have missed something. Any other advice for cinderkeys?

By: farouk

farouk — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:43:32 +0000

thanks for the info

By: cinderkeys

cinderkeys — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:24:53 +0000

Nice post. Any tips for what to do if you can’t find a local doctor who specializes in your rare disease, and you can’t move?

By: Sangeeta

Sangeeta — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:48:53 +0000

Good article, thanks! The importance of having a good rapport with your doctor cannot be emphasized enough.

For those dealing with chronic disease, you may want to download my free ebooks, one for the patient and another for the caregiver from:

http://www.serenereflection.com/index_files/downloads.htm

These books are based on over a decade’s experience as a caregiver.

All the best!

By: Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D.

Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:10:08 +0000

Dear Katrin, I believe what you report and it is indeed relevant. If I were to hazard a guess I’d bet that the patients in the study were basically healthy and the doctors were internists, family doctors, general practitioners, pediatricians and/or ob/gyns, the front lines of clinical medicine. I wouldn’t be surprised if the ratio flipped when you surveyed patients with severe acute or chronic illness in need of a specialist. If you ever happen across the link to the study please forward it to me. Thanks. Dr. A