what do u look for in a dr??

what u expect from them??
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I expect the following:1. Punctual. Don't arrive to my 9 am appointment at 10 am. If I have to schedule an appointment and am expected to be there then so are you.2. Eye Contact. Do not keep your face buried in your notes while I am talking. Pay attention to what I have to say.3. Speak to me like I am an educated adult. I hate it when doctors use childish terms to describe something like I am not capable of understanding words with more than two syllables. Like we all do, they need to learn to judge who is and who is not capable of understanding a more complex explanation and adjust accordingly.4. I don't like to repeat myself. Pay attention to what I am saying and get it the first time. If I have to say it 3 times to you then you are obviously not competent enough to treat me.5. Don't BS me. I don't expect that every doctor knows everything about every condition. If you don't know something then tell me that and look it up. Don't make up stuff. That's just scary.6. I expect the staff to be polite, competent, and professional. Having birthday parties and gossiping in the office is just not acceptable. This is a place of business and I am the customer. Treat me like one.7. Leave the condescending attitude at home. Just because I did not choose medicine as my career does not make me your intellectual inferior. How's that for a few!

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DR= Drug Runner?

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i look for and expect them to listen to me when i speak. i have had many doctors just dismiss what i say. for example i went in once and said that i have a sinus infection and will have bronchitis by tomorrow and that since this was round four in three months, it was probably bacterial and not viral. he asked me when i first started to get sick. i said yesterday and he snorted and said there was no way i have a sinus infection that fast. he checked me out and confirmed that i was right. he wrote a scrip for the meds and i asked him if the meds would also cover the bronchitis i was going to get. he said i was fine and would not get it. the very next day i went back in and he confirmed i had bronchitis and he wrote me out a scrip for more meds and i yelled at him about how if he had listened to me i would have saved about 60 dollars. then i saw another doctor about my knees, i've had problems with them for 20 years or so and he diagnosed me with patella femoral syndrome due to a recent sports injury. apparently i must have lied about the previous 20 years. so now i have doctor that listens and discusses with me.

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Well, I am one, and it depends what I'm seeing the doctor for, frankly. If I needed a doctor, and didn't have "the inside scoop" from working with them, I'd ask a nurse to recommend one.

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Several things.First, you want someone that you're comfortable with, and that appears comfortable with you. That makes it easier for them to listen, and more importantly, easier for you to self-express.Next, you want someone that knows what they're doing. This is, on the long haul, the most important thing. That's a toughie to judge, however; most folk measure their doctor's competence by how well the doctor panders to their whims, and by how well they like the individual. This is not a good set of criteria. I know all too many doctors that are overjoyed to pander to people's whims, and who are incredibly personable and who, in my opinion, are barely competant to use a can opener. Equally, I know some gruff old buzzards with whom it's their way or the highway, and who have about as much personality as a doorknob, but who are incredibly brilliant in their field, and who are the "physician of choice" for other physicians when they're sick in whatever the specialty is. The best way to check a doc's competance is to check with the state and see if there have been any complaints against the doctor that have been found justified, and for what.If you have any particular personal preferences--some people, for instance, prefer an authoritarian physician, others prefer a "good buddy" physician--try to find someone that matches them.And look at their parking lot. If it's usually full, but not overflowing, it's a good bet that the dude is good stuff, reasonably personable, and willing enough to accomodate special requests when they're medically feasible--but that the fellow's not to busy to get in to see. Availability is a MAJOR issue for most folks.As a physician myself, I try to be personable, and when I can, accede to a patient's requests unless they're totally off the wall (you'd be surprised how often they ARE. Well, I was, anyhow.) and I'm willing to negotiate. That, and I'm not above laughing at myself. Some folks love it; some think I'm a total jerk. Go figure.ANYHOW, that's my thoughts on the matter, from the standpoint of BOTH being doctor AND patient.

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JEFFBEV explains all

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Being in the loop, competency. All the other stuff, bedside manner etc is all nonsense. You want someone who is good, and if you need a procedure, someone who is practically TALENTED and skilled.
After all, bedside manner helps little if everything else is wrong.
Best of course would be a combination.

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All of the above answers are good and add Board Certified. As an example, there are obstetricians doing breast augmentations, because the money is good. But I would want my friends to go to a board certified plastic surgeon. It means that certain criteria have been met in the various specialties.

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