I was reading on babycenter.com (you know me) and found two articles.
7 Signs of a Bad Doctor and 7 Signs of a Good Doctor
Bad Docs:
- An indifferent or uncaring attitude
- Doesn’t listen, unresponsive
- Lack of knowledge
- Poor recommendations
- Always pushes further tests and procedures
- Not respectful of your time
- Spotty credentials and affiliations
Good Docs:
- A caring, sincere, and empathetic attitude
- An open and responsive manner
- Knowledge – and the ability to share it
- A good reputation
- Available, easy to reach
- Respect for your time
- Solid credentials and affiliations
Did this need two separate articles? No, but the info is pretty good if you click the links. It’s hard to know whether a doctor is good until you’re a patient though. I wish there were more rating websites for doctors. I google doctors thoroughly before setting up appointments, but I’ve been to my share of doctors who were not for me, though they had awesome reviews.
Babycenter also had an article about breaking up with your doctor. When I encountered bad doctors in the past I just left and never made the follow up appointment…I didn’t know I needed to break up with them until recently haha!
I kinda wish doctors would come to my home or office with a cute black doctor bag like on an old western movie, fix me up and go on their way. That way I wouldn’t have to deal with waiting rooms or that clinical feel of the exam room. That was totally unrelated to the good doc bad doc thing but…hey…it was in my head.
Have you ever dealt with a bad doctor? How’d you handle it? Have you ever broken up with a doctor?
Okay, so I’m like you, I didn’t know I needed to break up with my doctor as well. I just stopped going to them. Looks like I have a job to do.
I had a OBGYN recently who I walked away from. The man was so not caring, and must have had somethings stuck up his…okay, I’m going to be civil here…he was just not nice.
I try to talk to other people to get a feel for the better doctors to go to. Also, I will do a search online just look at credentials.
I have worked with many bad & good doctors and I will tell you those that are all nice to you are sometimes horrible at their clinical practice. So be sure to also look beyond the big smile and friendly hand shake. 😉
I’ve stopped going to doctors because I moved away. I don’t think I’ll be going back to break up with them, saves me a flight and travel…hehehe. Oh and by the way doctors still do make house calls like in the western movies. Its called executive medical care and it costs an arm and a leg….but what’s better than having your own personal cardiologist or rather any doctor on call. Naturally, only about 1% of the nation has executive medical care.
Oh forgot to say….love the pics of doctor evil and Bill!
I am in the process of walking away from an OBGyn. I didn’t know that I had to officially break-up with a doctor either. It’s been difficult because everyone (sisters, cousins, and my primary physician) has recommended this doctor. They can’t understand why I just don’t like this doctor. He’s world reknown and very good at what he does but he can’t provide the amount of attention that I desire.
Since I’ve had to deal with lots of doctors recently bed side manners are so important to me. If I don’t find some redeeming qualities…you could be named the best doctor in town and I could care less…it’s hard to find a good doctor but easy to find terrible ones!
Well I just broke up with my doctor…LOL! Not really, I just stopped going once I found a new doctor…isnt that how men are from time to time and they call it a break up! LOL! Okay maybe Im having too much fun with the whole breakup part! Anyways, being pregnant with my first child, I have a million and one questions, most of them I ask my mom and sister, however, since Im seeing the doctor monthly in the beginning I ask him too…FAIL! First off this was my first experience with a male OB/GYN and I hated it…even my fiance was like I dont like him! He was very insensitive and seemed like he was trying to rush me out of the office rather than answer my questions. Fast forward…I had to go to another hospital for them to run some test, and this office gave me so much information that I didnt have questions afterwards (and it was information overload but not in a bad way), Darrick (the fiance) and I were sitting there in the office and we made the decision together to switch…they even hugged us before we left the office! Talk about customer service and making a woman who is pregnant with her first child comfortable!!! So I switched immediately, and I have been happy ever since!