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Medical Forum / General / Vision / October 2006Just What The Doctor Ordered
Hello everyone, As a long-time sufferer of, first End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) from the age of 12, and now as a two-time kidney transplant recipient, I know what a difference the right doctor can make. This is why I have decided to start an open discussion of what makes a good doctor, a bad doctor or a good healthcare experience in general. Please visit http://Just-What-The-Doctor-Ordered.blogspot.com and share you thoughts and experiences. I have added a couple of entries to help get you started. Then I ask you to please add your comments or email me your thoughts. I want this to be a different kind of blog. I am hoping that it will become openly participatory. If you email me your entries I will add them to the blog to share them. My ultimate goal is to create a free site for people to search for information to help them make the all-too-often trivialized decision of whom their doctor is going to be. Thank you all in advance. Ryan http://Just-What-The-Doctor-Ordered.blogspot.com Dear Ryan, Subject: A doctor who is tolerent and understanding. Yes, I agree. I think a doctor should be conversant with the second-opinion as it can affect you permanently. He can certainly express is "dislike" of the second-opinion, (say by Dr. Bates, Dr. Raphaelson, or others), and offer you information about the second-opinion. There is no "cost" to this -- just a professional with an open-mind that is concerned with your long-term welfare. He can also say, "I can not support this second-opinion, but here are the web-sites that provide some of the history of this problem." But I can not support "prevention", so you will have to go to Dr. Second-opinion who will support you. That is both ethical and reasonable. That is what I consider to be a caring, responsible doctor. Using foul language on the public that asks honest questions -- disqualifies the doctor from being tolerent and understanding. Best, Otis > Hello everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > http://Just-What-The-Doctor-Ordered.blogspot.com > Using foul language on the public that asks honest > questions -- disqualifies the doctor from being > tolerent and understanding. As always, Otis, you are unfailingly polite. I attribute that to the lobotomy and ongoing use of Thorazine. As always, though, you are unfailingly ILlogical, wrong, and a veritable FOUNTAIN of logical fallacies and misinformation. See: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ The nice old man in the Cadillac ALSO molests children, so ... in answer to the OP's question: leave attitude and civility out of it....except when all else is equal. Look for education, experience, depth of research, quantity of publications, willingness to listen, explore new ideas, and ability to understand YOUR situation. Also, when something sounds too good to be true, run away. Find a doc who provides the minimum effective treatment, no more. Ignore Otis and Ace. Take care, Neil > I think a doctor should be conversant with the second-opinion > as it can affect you permanently. bwa ha ha ha second opinion = Otis' hair-brained opinion. noone else EVER uses this phrase except Otis Engineer. And Retinula truly defines the majority-opinion. And that is the opinion that can never tolerate a discussion of objective facts, and the existance of an honest second opinion as stated by Steve Leung at: www.chinamyopia.org As per this poster -- I would look for a doctor who had the compassion to discuss alternatives with you, will present the facts, and will encourage you to do your own research. After you review these issues, you can make your choice between the majority or second opinion based on what your given doctor believes. Otis > > I think a doctor should be conversant with the second-opinion > > as it can affect you permanently. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > second opinion = Otis' hair-brained opinion. noone else EVER uses this > phrase except Otis Engineer. > www.chinamyopia.org *FREAK.* Always the remark of a man who is living in the past with his "majority opinion". Yet another reason for the need for the scientific second-opinion. You just proved my point. Otis > > www.chinamyopia.org > > *FREAK.* > Always the remark of a man who is living in the > past with his "majority opinion". Yet another True enough. The majority of the participants in this group *would* agree that you are a FREAK.
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