Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.
I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending.
Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent?
I've learnt some important lessons: I never rely on the opinion of one doctor alone. I do my own research; I read up and am ready with questions I need answered.
Doctors are human animals. They want to be loved, they are tribal, they instinctually favor stories over scientific evidence, they make mistakes, and even small gifts make them susceptible to being biased.
But I think doctors have always been either honest or dishonest.
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.
There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician; I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades.
I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.