Posted by Racer on April 20, 2005, at 13:22:27 [reposted on April 20, 2005, at 20:31:43 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Angry with my Pdoc!, posted by banga on April 20, 2005, at 11:42:35
>>> Some, however, still do what they can to keep power in the doctors' hands.
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>You know, I gotta disagree, since I've talked with a few of my doctors about all this. My beloved long-term opthalmologist, for one, told me a great deal about how much the insurance companies had reduced his control over how he practiced. And he left his practice as a result. (I'm very thankful that he sold his practice to a WONDERFUL doctor, whom I like as much as I liked him. But it's still a crying shame.)
For all that I have had some -- shall we say -- less than stellar experiences with doctors, I still have a certain amount of sympathy for many of them.
As for the NHS, things I've read about experiecnes in their system make me cringe. For every good experience, there are a dozen or more horror stories. The worst I've read involve eating disorder treatment, but I imagine that's just because those are the boards I've read.
Anyway, I send my condolences along to The_Resistance along with everyone else's.
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