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So do we actually hate them or.....


So do we actually don?t like them because they get way too much unnecessary attention (especially in the desi world) and are overpaid or......
Is it that "I am smarter than you whether you wanna believe it or not " attitude that totally ticks us off....

It really baffles me how people working in healthcare around the docs so happily put up with their arrogance/greed/snobbery as if it was an added perk on their benefits list.

May be they think that the MD stands for "Master Director".
 

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Login to find out (June 18, 2006 at 1:33am)
im not arrogant, but im not humble either, because the purest form of arrogance is humility.
 
Login to find out (July 14, 2005 at 6:05pm)
wow, you guys really hate doctors ::sniff::
 
Login to find out (May 15, 2005 at 3:01am)
It is true that in the U.S people would rather spend money on entertainment than save up for health and education , but how much people spend on health care is not only a matter of prioritizing what is more important, it also depends on the availability of affordable health care. There are people who do work hard and make enough to be above the poverty line and don?t meet the criteria for medicare, and their employers don?t offer any or sufficient health benefits and it is very expensive for them to go out and get health insurance for themselves and their families on their own. In the last few years a large number of small and mid size businesses stopped offering any healthcare benefits to their employees.
 
Login to find out (May 13, 2005 at 11:28pm)
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -Mark Twain (attributing it to Benjamin Disraeli)
 
Login to find out (May 13, 2005 at 11:04pm)
Infant mortality is defined as death, by any cause, of infants under one year old. Of course we have higher infant mortality rates than many other countries. Look at the technology we have in Neonatal ICU's throughout the US that give extremely premature babies a chance at life. Some premature babies make it because of the technology that's available in this country, unfortunately many don't, and that directly impacts infant mortality. You think a baby at a gestational age of 24wks has a chance in some of these other countries? The same baby that's delivered at 24 weeks but ends up dying in the NICU in our country isn't even delivered alive in many other countries, increasing our infant mortality rate while keeping theirs artificially low. It can't be counted as an infant mortality if the baby wasn't ever born alive in the first place, right? STATISTICS can be so damn deceptive.
 
Login to find out (May 11, 2005 at 10:05pm)
Arsalan: How is it bogus? Are you staying we spend more on healthcare than sports and entertainment?
 
Login to find out (May 10, 2005 at 6:51pm)
Momo: I agree. I think arrogance is prevalent in all walks of life. To say that it is found more in medicine is just myopic. People tend to judge what they are most familiar with. All you have to do is look at other fields like politics or professional sports to see that arrogance is really prevalent everywhere.
 
Login to find out (May 10, 2005 at 4:33pm)
Whoa ... what's been goin on up in here? O man with law, there's a lot of arrogance being thrown around without a doubt. I guess those muthas know that they are the ones who make the rules for everyone, and the ones who can break/bend the rules for anyone. The "rulers," in a sense; and everyone must bow to their rule-making powers. I think it's just fine to know this, cuz it's tru; BUT, most lawyers take it to the next level (with a leap in logic and reality) and think that they are higher/better/badder people than others. THAT, right there, is the main problem. And I think THAT is also the problem with most other professions, as in medicine.
 
Login to find out (May 10, 2005 at 3:34pm)
Arrogance isn't exclusive to the medical field, but I'd have to say it's quite prevalent in medicine. Much moreso in academic medicine than private practice. If some of the academic physicians were to go into private practice and act the way they're accustomed to, they'd go broke. I see it more in the older generation. Perhaps they're bitter having to practice medicine in the current environment after having enjoyed the golden age of medicine. Not that that is any excuse for arrogance. The younger generation is pretty chill. Not nearly as many ego issues.
 
Login to find out (May 3, 2005 at 4:51pm)
I have expressed my thoughts here (not stated any concrete conclusions) and yes my views are based on observation, my own personal/professional experience and of others who I know interact with surgeons on a daily basis . Although it would make an interesting survey but I don?t think that a detailed exploratory study or comparative analysis on surgeon?s attitudes and how it differs across the subspecialties would be of any educational value.
I am by no means saying that the entire physician population is arrogant and every one else is not. There isn?t a category of professionals with no arrogant members, just as every field has people who are very humble and down to earth no matter how professionally accomplished and successful they are and physicians are no exceptions. As for confidence, There is difference between being confident about ones area of expertise and then being delusional about possessing an absolute understanding of every thing else that doesn?t come under ones realm of knowledge. I just feel that this problem is more prevalent among surgeons (and if you notice I did not say that the entire population has this problem).
 
Login to find out (May 3, 2005 at 3:24pm)
Sure.. in the end it's an opinion about what you value most in society. I think teachers are probably the most valuble to a society and professional athletes least valuble with physicians somewhere in between. However, prices are set by demand which is not necessarily equivalent to what is best for a person. For example you hear so many americans complaining about the cost of healthcare. Why not spend less on professional sports (TV, games, other media) and more on healthcare? Our society has made a choice to value entertainment over physical health.
 
Login to find out (May 3, 2005 at 1:06am)
actually i'm more irritated with the attitudes of some of the moms of doctors and the way they act when it is ristha time. you can't blame the guy if everybody treats them like they are the best things on earth.
 
Login to find out (May 2, 2005 at 10:52pm)
How do you come to the conclusion that surgeons are more arrogant than other professions? Did you do a study comparing them? It's easy to stereotype an entire population based on interactions with a handful of people. Also, I think sometimes confidence is confused with arrogance. It's true that surgery requires a different mentality than say internal medicine. I've also found that attitudes vary within surgical subspecialties (for example, ob-gyn vs. orthopedic vs neurosurgery). Hmm come to think of it I guess you could even begin by defining what you mean by surgery since it's such a broad field.
 
Login to find out (May 2, 2005 at 4:39pm)
It is true that taking an average would not be an accurate representation of each and every physician?s salary, but it is not meaningless as these means are used for various analysis. As for the distribution of arrogance, I think that the percentage of arrogant professionals in other fields is a bit lower as compared to surgeons. It might very well be due to the nature of the trade that makes it easy to cross the line between taking pride in being a part of saving lives and falling prey to the "I am God" syndrome.
 
Login to find out (May 1, 2005 at 2:22pm)
I think arrogant people in any profession are in the minority. As far as salary, professional athletes are truly overpaid while teachers are seriously underpaid. Physician salaries are fair but the salary distribution is so skewed (especially for surgeons) that discussing the mean salary is meaningless.
 
Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 11:56pm)
momo, i'm just glad that you treat me well.
 
Login to find out (April 22, 2005 at 10:57am)
I think the surgeons are much more notorious for treating their assistants/nurses like crap, and for the folks who have to deal with their "Bright Business Ideas" that they come up with for the expansion of their wealth.....errrr I mean their practice....you should see how defensive(ugly) they can get , even if you politely try to tell them that their wonderful idea is not so brilliant/feasible.
 
Login to find out (April 22, 2005 at 10:33am)
lol. I've personally not encountered this attitude, but I've been told by others (especially by doctors' assistants) that a lot of doctors don't treat their patients and their assistants very badly. In most professional fields, that's not the norm. In law, for example, it's a strong unspoken rule to treat the assistants well. Altho, lawyers are generally not too good at treating other people well.