You can not usually tell if you have a good doctor until after you see her or him for the first time. The way to know if your doctor is good or not is when you see him if he actually pays attention to you and listens to your problems. It seems more and more lately that doctors are becoming over worked because they are taken in too many patients and they can not handle it. They are rushing through the exams so they can get to the next patient. This is hardly fair, we all need doctors that want to listen and help more than he wants that money from all the patients he has.
There are even some that will schedule four patients all at the same time. When they do this it is not possible for him to see them all and give them the time and attention they need. I personally try to use a doctor that has very few patients. A doctor that has few patients will take the time to examine you thoroughly and give you all the attention you need without rushing you.
I know that doctors are important to our world. If we didn’t have them people would die needlessly. There are some docs that make it their goal in life to save lives everyday no matter what. You still have the ones that prefer to make a buck instead of treating patients the way they should be treated. They may even think they are doing nothing wrong but we know they are.
When we see a doctor we want one that is going to take enough time to learn our medical history and know who we are. If you find one of these then stick with him. If something happens to you a doc that knows your medical background will be more likely to save your life than a doc that knows nothing about you or your medical background.
I personally have dealt with good ones and not so good ones. One doctor almost killed me because he made a mistake. Another doctor saved me because he found a problem I didn’t even know existed.
When you first meet a doctor you can usually tell from the first time you meet whether you are going to get good treatment from him or not. If he is rushing through your exam and not listening to you because he is concerned with getting to the next patient then find a new doc quickly. You will eventually find the right one for you.
We all deserve the best treatment possible. We should not settle for anyone that does not care about our problems when we can find plenty who do care. I do understand the stress that these docs are under and I am grateful for them but some of them have things a little mixed up.
However some doctors need to realize that if they have too many patients then their patients are not getting the treatment they need. Another thing you should know is that a doctors word is not law. If you do not agree with your doctor on something feel free to get another opinion. In fact I encourage you to do just that. Doctors are just people they make mistakes too.
When an individual is ill they should go and consult a physician. There are many different types of doctors who each focus in a specific field of medical practice such as paediatrics, or optometrist practice.