My new policy: job applications for doctors!

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I'm so sick of the mystery of finding a good doctor or dentist that I can work with and can deal with me properly. I want to know about their attitude, education, policies and all their quirks, their pro's and anti's. It should be my damn RIGHT before I pay to see them only to find out they are not suitable for me.

Any other business, and you could sue and get your money back or demand a better job be done....but NOOOOO, not doctors.

It's not fair that I have to come up off of $100 or so just to find out this doctor is an asshole or is against certain procedures or drugs. It's NOT FAIR!!

They are my employee, as I am paying them. Therefor I feel it's my right to have them compete and apply for my business.

Who the hell do they think they are, getting away with charging people for services that are not proper or in line with what I want?

The way I see it, there's no choice but to make up an application that a Dr must fill out to earn my business, I'm so sick of wasting my time and money.

This should be standard practise, right? IIN? Time to stand up to these highfalutin mofos.

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  • dirtybirdy
    11 years ago

    I don't go to doctors. That's fuckin em real good, ya?

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  • pinkbug
    10 years ago

    I hate doctors anyway. Check my poll "What do you think about doctors" and read the comments. THEY ARE COMPLETE SOCIOPATHS!

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  • americanhoney
    10 years ago

    We are not your "employee", honey.
    LOL

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  • VioletTrees
    11 years ago

    It sounds to me like the OP has had a specific bad experience with a doctor. That sucks, sure, and doctors should listen to their patients, but they're not obligated to do whatever treatment or prescribe whatever medication the patient wants. Also, I don't think it makes sense to change the whole medical system because of one person's bad experience.

    If doctors had to apply to patients individually, they wouldn't have time to do anything else. Your doctor wouldn't have time to spend giving you good care, because they'd be too busy filling out applications, and the price of medical care would rise.

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  • spinerbrent
    11 years ago

    Recommend should from wise and punishment too. What if not wiseness in you? Make bad choice. Let the choice to wise.

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  • MissyLeyneous
    11 years ago

    Heck yeah! This is an awesome idea! ^_^

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  • VioletTrees
    11 years ago

    It turns out you CAN sue doctors, by the way. I'm sort of surprised you don't know that.

    Your doctors aren't your employees, though. You don't hire them. You're paying them for the service, but they are the employees of the hospital or practice they work for. It sucks to go to a doctor who doesn't listen or won't give you the care you need, but the way you're looking at this still doesn't really make any sense. If doctors had to apply to be hired by their patients, getting care would be much more labour intensive for the patients AND the doctors. Why don't you just ask around and research online?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Well duh, you can sue them if they botch something or harm you but you can't sue them for being a dick or wasting your time.

      They are too my damn employee, I'm paying them. It's no different than a lawyer or a roofer. If I hire a roofer and ask him for green shingles and he happens to dislike green shingles and refuses, then guess what? He gets fired, or not hired in the first place. Same should go for a doctor.

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      • VioletTrees
        11 years ago

        You don't directly pay the doctor, you pay the practice or hospital. Employees are people who you hire and pay directly. Doctors are employees of the organisation you're paying, not your employees.

        Lawyers and roofers don't fill out applications to work for you either, by the way, and roofers are usually contractors, not employees.

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        • Redcoats
          11 years ago

          You're fighting a losing battle here, they just don't seem to get it. Best to forget about it and move on (:

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        • MissyLeyneous
          11 years ago

          OP is actually more or less right. You're employing the organization, who employs the doctors. Doctor does a bad job, complain to the employer, file a complaint, refuse to ever go back.

          That'll get the moneybags attention.

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          • VioletTrees
            11 years ago

            No, you are a customer of the organisation. "Customer" and "employer" are not synonymous. I agree that what you described is a good way to handle it, though.

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            • MissyLeyneous
              11 years ago

              It's all based on "perspective".

              If you think you are the 'customer', you will begin to follow the mindset that you have no control over what you 'purchase'. You think you only have so many 'brands' to choose from, and that is the bottom line.

              On the other hand, if you follow the 'employer' mindset, you realize you DO have control over your situation. You are NOT subjugated to just a few 'brands' because you begin to realize purchasing services is not like purchasing toilet paper. You are the master in this mindset, and you don't have to do what you don't want to, and you don't have to put up with rough toilet paper OR shitty doctors.

              I follow the latter view. ^_^

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  • bananaface
    11 years ago

    It's normal to feel wronged by someone who has wronged you.

    Why don't you just ask around for recommendations?

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