WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: A Question for the MD's/was fiancee's recent gyn exam

Re: A Question for the MD's/was fiancee's recent gyn exam

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:35:27 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Mici wrote: >
>Good day to all:
>
>I was wondering if doctors willingly changed their routines at the
>request of their patients. In other words, wouldn't the doctor just get
>ticked at us for asking to change the routine they developed because we
>are uncomfortable? I have debated asking my doctor for certain things,
>like talking to me after I'm dressed, but just figured that they might
>do once, it but resent that I upset the flow of the practice that was
>set up for the doctor and staff; not changing the way things are done.
>So I don't ask. I have left gyn's who were downright mean to their
>patients (not that this is the case here, just my experience), I didn't
>expect that asking them to reconsider their bedside manner would be
>taken at all seriously so I looked for someone who had a set-up more
>compatible with my comfort level and expectations. Do doctor's want or
>ever appreciate this kind of input? At what point are we considered
>"difficult" for making such requests?

In reality, it seems that patients will seek out a physician who practices to their expectations. These are mostly found by word of mouth from friends or relatives.

That said however, I think that if you are seeing a physician and you would like something done a certain way or a certain practice makes you uncomfortable, it is you responsibility to point it out. Remember, you are paying for the service. Further, if the physician's practice style is offensive in any way, the only way he/she will know if for someone to say something. Does one voice make a physician change his/her practice? Its like the guy on the beach throwing clams that had been washed up in the tide, back into the ocean and a guy asks him if he really thinks he is making a difference. The first guy replies, "It's a start"... Lynn

--
Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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