Doctors Tell All, and Patients Bite Back

my father is a physician and he would be appalled at the level of disrespect some of these doctors in the article showed their patients; however, these doctors exist and its incredibly sad.

The article is interesting, it looks like venting the doctors general feelings and on an average the patients also think similarly looking at the doctor's plight among the hoards of patients with varied ailments. The doctor really has to keep head cool, think rightly from case to case and take decisions. Yes the job is noble ! and the doctor is human ...Mrigendra Antani.

To DOUGLAS FARRAGO, MD. In the best interest of your patients, PLEASE GO FIND A DIFFERENT PROFESSION!

Your article is sad. Doctors are human; of course there are many who treat patients disrespectfully and resent their jobs. But there are also many dedicated to taking good, respectful care of patients. Why only quote the former? Today, doctors make less money and work longer hours than ever before. Most attracted to the profession are clearly there because they believe they can make people feel better. Too bad you didn't talk to some of them.

Dr Farrago's disrespectful comments about his patients make me question whether or not I will ever share anything personal about myself with a doctor again. If Dr Farrago's patients are asking for referrals to specialists perhaps they consider him incompetent. I feel sorry for those 3000 patients he treats. I agree that he should find a new profession. Maybe he could be one of those doctors who work for insurance companies, and happily deny people treatment they need!

In the spirit of this article, I present: Ten Things We Don't Tell Our Doctors: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RejectedByTheEnquirer/~3/316199689/ten-things-we-dont-tell-our-doctors.html

Most doctors are not up to date on information on how many diseases or injuries are helped with treatments using adult stem cells. I was treated in the USA and am one of over 500,000 people treated world-wide yet many people are dying in the USA from lack of knowledge, theirs and their doctors! A friend who left hospice received an adult stem cell transplant of his own cells regenerating his heart. He is still alive today since leaving hospice over 5 years ago!!! www.carolfranz.com

I compared the results from several websites and diagnosed the exact name of my brain tumor 6 months before the doctors did. Their reaction to my asking for a MRI was to have the staff psycholo-witch doctor want to put me on anti-depressants. Forming a diagnosis only by asking questions without performing any tests is an outright fraud that should call the so-called field of Psychiatry into question as to whether it is advanced enough to be a legitimate practice.

Douglas Farrago's web site includes a few lame fake jokes written by someone else attributed to the late George Carlin. They can be checked by going to Carlin's site. Farrago dismisses asking for tests like an MRI, which can confirm or rule out a condition, just like he didn't check his facts on a minor thing such as who wrote a joke.

I work in the medical profession and I am extremely saddened to see the garbage that these doctors had the nerve to say. It is no wonder that malpractice insurance is so high. If I thought my doctor was that rude or stupid he himself would probably need a doctor. The best thing any person can become when looking for a doctor is informed. Informed consumers will have a better result when getting health care. The comments from the ER doctors sum up everything thats wrong with medicine in America.

I understand that doctors are human, but they are also professionals who are very well paid for their work. This level of arrogance would not be tolerated in other professions. Imagine how people would react if their child’s teachers responded this way! If doctors truly believe that the health care industry is killing their passion for healing, then why does the American Medical Association spend millions of dollars lobbying against a single payer health care system where patient health is placed ahead of profit? The attitudes expressed lead me to suspect that these doctors went into medicine for the six-figure income more than the passion for healing. I wonder if they would be as candid about their own motivations? One doctor commented that the most unsettling thing is when a patient doesn’t trust you or believe you. Most of these comments show that a patient’s mistrust and disbelief are justified. If treating the sick makes these doctors so unhappy, why don’t they just treat the healthy?