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Re: ny times article From: William McIntosh (williammcintosh@msn.com) Sat Feb 10 12:44:21 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Samantha Maeda: "blatter infection" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Couvelaire Uterus" Maybe in reply to: Charlie Chambers: "ny times article" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: ny times article" Reply: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: ny times article" This has been my experience as well. My wife is the only female OB/GYN, not only in our group of 4, but also in our town of 10 docs. We have gained many patients that were looking for a woman, but since Lisa is scheduled so far out for routine matters, they generally agree to see one of the 3 guys. After they meet us, they are usually content to stay with us. Perhaps this is another of the benefits of mixed gender practices. I know that my wife bemoans the number of "somatic" patients she ends up seeing. She regards women that will "only see a woman", as a giant danger sign. -- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG Clarksville, TN >----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Ashley Hill" <dahmd@cfl.r.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 10:13 PM Subject: Re: ny times article > It has been my impression that calls by patients for a woman physician > only have decreased over the past year or so in our area. There are > still some patients who will only see a woman, but since we take > in-house call, each of our doctors are in the office 2 or maybe 3 days > per week. When a "female only" patient needs to be seen urgently, her > only choice may be one of the male doctors (or vice versa). Invariably, > she tells the nurse after the exam "wow, I never thought I could talk so > easily to a male gynecologist" or "I thought it be strange seeing a > woman gynecologist, but she was really nice." After that, the patient > will often see whoever has the earliest appointment spot, regardless of > physician gender. My female partners are jealous because they tend to > attract the more "somatic" patients than we do. Almost all of these > patients demand a female doctor. That's fine with me :) > > Ashley > > -- > D. Ashley Hill, MD > Orlando, FL > Next message: Samantha Maeda: "blatter infection" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Couvelaire Uterus" Maybe in reply to: Charlie Chambers: "ny times article" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: ny times article" Reply: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: ny times article"

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