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Re: Humor From: Margie Dacko (dacko@accessnv.com) Sat Aug 9 17:46:01 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Margie Dacko: "Re: Humor" Previous message: Robert Radnich, M.D.: "Re: TOL in previous 2nd stage cesarean" In reply to: dahmd@gate.net: "Re: Humor" Next in thread: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Humor" Ashley, You took the words right out of my mouth. I've talked to many women who thought they were going to get a wonderful doctor just because they went to a woman, and were very disappointed. PLEASE....NO FLAMES FOR THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT!!!! IT'S JUST A THOUGHT!! I suspect that women think that a woman doctor will be more caring and motherly (and we all could use more mothering!!) but when they don't find those attributes in a female doctor, the women find it easier to accept those more "manly" attributes (that you mentioned) in a male doctor. Of course, we all want to be wanted for those things we value most in ourselves, and when we are set apart because of something that we have worked hard to down-play, such as our gender, it makes us feel uncomfortable. -- Margie Dacko At 10:50 AM 8/9/97 -0500, you wrote: >Ealgail@aol.com wrote: > >> Even when I was the only female gynecologist on the Southwest Coast of >> Florida 14 years ago, I wanted patients to see me because I was good; not >> because I was female. > >Linda- An admirable concept! I think there's an unfair bias *against* >female gynecologists from some patients, who seem to expect more and are >disappointed when their female gyn is "the same as the male >gynecologists." Some women have unfair expectations. For example, I >sometimes see new patients who comment that they had expected their >former (female) gyn to be more compassionate and to listen better, >because she's a woman. Of course, a busy gynecologist, no matter which >gender, is too busy to sit down for an hour and a half talking about 40 >different issues, looking at pictures of the kids, etc, yet there is a >subset of patients who demand this from a female gyn. I know my >partner, and the ARNPs in our office, struggle with this often. > >Bias, regardless of the reason, can only lead to substandard health >care. Thankfully those women who demand a female gyn have many >excellent ones in our area to choose from. It's when they blindly seek a >doctor based on gender (or any other bias) without checking credentials >or expertise that they run the risk of compromising their health. > >Have a nice weekend. > >Ashley >D. Ashley Hill, M.D. >dahmd@gate.net >Orlando, FL > Next message: Margie Dacko: "Re: Humor" Previous message: Robert Radnich, M.D.: "Re: TOL in previous 2nd stage cesarean" In reply to: dahmd@gate.net: "Re: Humor" Next in thread: Robert J. Woolley: "Re: Humor"

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