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...About the Timing "When will I get back to normal" is a hard question to answer, even for a good doctor...
...Second Opinions Don't Always Add Up Too many physicians are quick to refer patients to yet another doctor instead of doing the heavy lifting themselves. That's not only inefficient ? it's bad medicine
...business of medical repping, although infrequently scrutinized, is invariably seen as a negative in the public eye, somewhere between legislative logrolling and subsidizing Big Sugar. The unethical influencing of our prescribing, the corruption of the sacred relationship between doctor and patient, allegations of bribery, unnecessarily increasing the price of health-care - these are on the rep's rap sheet. Yet it's a perfectly legal profession. Here are three reasons...
...doesn't board certification guarantee my doctor knows everything already and doesn't need reps?" Most people know that doctors take something like the lawyers'bar exam, called specialty boards, to get certified. Since the mid-'80s certification is not even permanent; pass the bar and you're a lawyer for life, but get a great grade on your boards and guess what - you have to take them again 10 years later or lose your certification. And that's every 10 years until you quit or die. Board exams are really hard - they stress rare things and subtle differences that...
...Today's doctor is far less in-charge than was Marcus Welby. Patients tell us what to prescribe. They see prescription drugs advertised on TV. "Ask your doctor" means "go tell your doctor you want this pill." The tactic must work; I see more TV drug ads every time I turn the thing...