Many patients enjoy complaining about their doctors and how rude they are, or how they make them wait for ever. It's easy to blame the other person, but I feel patients need to learn to take more responsibility . While you cannot control your doctor's behaviour, you can control the doctor you select. If you persist in going to a doctor who is rude, uncommunicative or unhelpful, then aren't you as much to blame for his behaviour, because you put up with it ? Rather than think of yourself as a helpless victim, learn to be more assertive - this will help your doctor to improve as well !
After all, doctors also get the patients they deserve ! Doctors who invite questions from their patients , take pride in answering them , and encourage patient participation have a much better class of patients, and a much more satsifying practise, because challenging patients are what makes a doctor's life worthwhile !
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