No one wants to be thought stupid or ignorant, doctors get that. However, when a non-medical person is asking questions of us, we often leave things intentionally vague because you'd need years of training to even understand our answer (I'm not joking). Another of my pet peeves is when you get the person who wants answers, but already seems to know everything.
Family: "So how will you be certain that the pneumonia is gone?"
Me: "Well, the pneumonia is not gone, but I am sending him home with enough antibiotics to finish out his course of treatment."
Family: "I know that, but how will you be sure it's gone?"
Me: "We'll have him follow up with his primary care physician next week for a re-check."
Family: "I know that, but will you come out the house and re-check him?"
Me: "Uhh...no, I will not be coming out to your house to check up on him."
Family: "I know that, but who will be coming out to check on him."
Me: "No one will be coming out to your house."
Family: "I know that, but..."
Me (interrupting): "Please stop saying that."
Family: "I know that, but..."
#thiswentonfortenminutes
2 comments:
The problem here is that they want a certain answer that you aren't giving them.
Yes, but the other problem is that the answer they wanted was stupid and I was in no mood for stupid =).
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