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<blockquote data-quote="hoser" data-source="post: 142710" data-attributes="member: 6357"><p><strong>Re: "Doc in a box" horror stories</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm troubled by the lack of faith and cynicism you have towards physicians, especially in a first world democracy. You are correct, a doctor just has to say "oops, my bad" if questioned about unethical practises once, but you fail to take into account how that doctor has to say "oops my bad". It would be a hearing, articulating why he/she didn't order an x-ray for symptoms that merited it, a written report, and so on. One complaint doesn't mean much, doctors come across one complaint every few years, but the process is a pain in the ass; having to attend hearings, write reports, have the possibility of dicipline being taken, when you <em>know</em> you did something wrong.</p><p></p><p>But if this doctor is subject to mutiple complaints in a year from UPS employees saying they were told nothing was wrong form them and subsequently found a drastic discrepency when consulting another physician, you better believe that physician is in hot water. Doctors take oaths (and go through medical school) to serve their patients, not the pockets of corporations.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying there aren't corrupt doctors, I'm saying that the concequences of being corrupt are so grave, there's no point of risking a career for a couple hundred bucks (a day's salary minimum). </p><p></p><p></p><p>I wouldn't say this is a doctor in UPS' pocket, it's pretty common. If you're booked for a DOT physical, the doctor is getting paid for a DOT physical. Anything else, that doctor isn't getting paid for. A lot of doctors have a one complaint per appointment policy, if they fielded 5 at a time, they'd see 50% less patients and with a much lower quality of care because they're rushing to see their next patient and his/her five concerns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hoser, post: 142710, member: 6357"] [b]Re: "Doc in a box" horror stories[/b] I'm troubled by the lack of faith and cynicism you have towards physicians, especially in a first world democracy. You are correct, a doctor just has to say "oops, my bad" if questioned about unethical practises once, but you fail to take into account how that doctor has to say "oops my bad". It would be a hearing, articulating why he/she didn't order an x-ray for symptoms that merited it, a written report, and so on. One complaint doesn't mean much, doctors come across one complaint every few years, but the process is a pain in the ass; having to attend hearings, write reports, have the possibility of dicipline being taken, when you [i]know[/i] you did something wrong. But if this doctor is subject to mutiple complaints in a year from UPS employees saying they were told nothing was wrong form them and subsequently found a drastic discrepency when consulting another physician, you better believe that physician is in hot water. Doctors take oaths (and go through medical school) to serve their patients, not the pockets of corporations. I'm not saying there aren't corrupt doctors, I'm saying that the concequences of being corrupt are so grave, there's no point of risking a career for a couple hundred bucks (a day's salary minimum). I wouldn't say this is a doctor in UPS' pocket, it's pretty common. If you're booked for a DOT physical, the doctor is getting paid for a DOT physical. Anything else, that doctor isn't getting paid for. A lot of doctors have a one complaint per appointment policy, if they fielded 5 at a time, they'd see 50% less patients and with a much lower quality of care because they're rushing to see their next patient and his/her five concerns. [/QUOTE]
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