ENDO Messages for January, 1999: Re: Doctor addressing patients

Re: Doctor addressing patients

From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jan 23 11:55:41 1999

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My tolerance lately has been low, as I am sure most can sympatize with, but I think that this is out of line for a professional to call his patient sweetie or hon. Maybe you can just joke w/ him next time, "ha ha ha, hey... my name is Chris, not sweetie." Laugh, but look him right in the eye when you say it so he knows you mean it. That way, he doesn't get defensive, but maybe this would put an end to it. Whatever his intentions are for doing it, ANYTHING that makes a patient uncomfortable is not acceptable behavior.

Good Luck! Angie

-----Original Message----- From: Christine <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <anonymous@obgyn.net> Date: Saturday, January 23, 1999 12:41 AM Subject: Doctor addressing patients

>I'd like to know what others would think about a doctor calling his
>patient "sweetheart" or "sweetie" or sometimes "hon". This is obviously
>not meant in the romantic sense. This doctor is about 3 years older
>than I am (we are both middle aged) and I find this greeting annoying. I
>don't want to embarass him so I thought I'd joke around with the office
>nurse and ask her to suggest he call his patients by their names. Has
>anyone run into this problem and how have you handled it? Or am I making
>too much out of nothing?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris S.
>

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