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: dbb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 06:31:19 -0500

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Doctors are all trained differently. Many of them probably lose patients because no one will tell them if they are doing something that makes them uncomfortable. Kinda like a restaurant (sorry Docs for the analogy), but if you don't tell them what's wrong, and don't go back, they won't know that they could change a little thing and have more customers (patients). In a nutshell, either schedule a consult appt with your DR and explain all this, or even better, write a thank you note telling him the things you appreciate and making a kind suggestion on the thing you would like to see changed and why. You'd be doing him a service. A fresh pair of eyes on the situation. Donna

-----Original Message----- From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net Behalf Of Mici Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:03 AM To: Multiple recipients of list WOMENS-HEALTH Subject: Re: A Question for the MD's/was fiancee's recent gyn exam

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?

Thanks,

Mici (hope I'm not being "difficult")

At Tue, 19 Jun 2001, D. Ashley Hill, MD wrote: >
>Some thoughts about this thread:
><clipped to keep the word count down>
>
>The patient who underwent the exam that started this thread was likely
>uncomfortable with the process, and should consider finding a different
>physician. However, I would encourage her to write to or speak with
>either the doctor or his office manager. Perhaps this is a cultural
>issue, or this doctor trained under someone who required nude exams. If
>he was an otherwise nice person, it might help him and his future
>patients to notify him of the concerns. Thanks,
>
>DAH
>
>--
>D. Ashley Hill, MD
>Associate Director
>Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
>Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency
>Orlando, Florida
>

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