tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post4639671752923466752..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Minimalist greyhound and identity crisisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-39546184918810815662013-03-05T17:36:41.363+00:002013-03-05T17:36:41.363+00:00Doctors apparently resent the internet because pat...Doctors apparently resent the internet because patients arrive at their surgeries better informed than they are or more likely misinformed. I gather that some patients simply tell their doctors what remedies they need and ask them to prescribe accordingly. My doctor and his wife another doctor with an office next to his are retiring next month at a ridiculously early age because they don't like the new administrative arrangements which have been forced on them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-28850858801292134602013-03-05T06:57:00.015+00:002013-03-05T06:57:00.015+00:00Our medical centre has such a system which lets th...Our medical centre has such a system which lets the doctor know I have arrived for my appointment. I approve of the mechanism but only up to the point where the info on the screen switches from inarguable to speculative - notably the predicted length of time I can expect to wait. This is always hugely optimistic. Thus I am reassured briefly but always disappointed in the long term. I don't think this is good for me.<br /><br />Some years ago further "rationalisation" was imposed. In an attempt to cut down on time spent in the surgery patients were told they could only mention three ailments or concerns per appointment. Conscious of this I tend to gabble. On my most recent visit I was told (by a woman doctor I don't get on with) to list only my symptoms, not guess at what they meant. I suppose she was entitled, professionally, to do this but it left me angered. I wondered if I might respond according to my own lights: demand that all her sentences be parsable. <br /><br /> Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com