When to change your doc
Most of us know enough about doctors to know that “beside manners” is generally limited to fictional doctor-nurse romances. That is why, perhaps, we usually tend to get so intimidated by these men of science. So much so, often we don’t question them or their judgement at all! But the next time you visit your doctor, here’s what you need to ask yourself:
Does he listen to you and respond to your queries, or does he make you feel like you have no right to know what’s happening in your body or your child’s?
Is the prescription he has written for you legible?
Is he willing to discuss the medicines and dosage with you – without making you feel you ought to know it all?
Does he list alternative lines of treatment, or tell you there are none and get irritated that you asked?
Is he willing to take an emergency call from you?
At the end of his checklist, if you are still comfortable, he is the doctor for you. Otherwise, simple go to the next best.
