Reply #229: He's an a$$****--period. [View All]

[knitter4democracy]

Yeah, there are doctors who are jerks. The system encourages it, I think, with all of its emphasis on being better than everyone and being superhuman.

Do doctors say stuff like that privately? Sure they do. It's hard for them to see patients kill themselves with everything we do that we know is bad for us. Should they say something to patients? They have to, with the latest few lawsuits from relatives saying the doctor didn't do enough for their loved one and therefore committed malpractice.

Honestly, though, that guy's a jerk and needs a sabbatical or something. Someone send him a subscription to the Placebo Journal and tell him that that's the proper place to vent--not the exam room.