If you keep seeing the same doctor in the same walk in clinic, then that dr is your family doctor wh ...
fongparker 發表於 2011-9-22 18:00
This.
My grandma's doctor also never discover her problem (complain about pains, no appetite) until it's too late and my grandma died while sleeping one day.
Don't trust your doctor, if they refused to find out what's wrong, go to hospital instead.
I think it depends on the doctor, whether he/she is family doctor or walk-in clinic doctor. Some are definitely better (more detail oriented, more patient ... etc) than others.
If you keep seeing the same doctor in the same walk in clinic, then that dr is your family doctor who keeps all your records. I understand most GP are not taking new patient now a day. So where else to find your own family doctor? Clinic doctors just share office with other doctors I think. No?
My family doctor of over 30 years still don't remember I still have my ovaries after a hysterectomy!
My mother visited her family doctor few times a month for her mummy ache for a whole year in 2010 and then she died of cancer of the stomach lining within weeks in the hospital in May 2011.
Sorry but trust me. Don't trust your doctor.
Go to the ER if you need to. Don't mind the wait. Hospital staffs are very good.
I think most of us are still "young" and don't have any serious problem.
So we may think the walk-ins and family dr are the same.
But when you start aging or getting anything serious (even for early stage), I think it's better to go with your family dr. a fever or a headache can mean a lot more than just a fever or headache...
so family dr or emergency may be a better way to go.
really cant judge if a practitioner at a walk-in is better or worse than one with their own clinic. because some just dont want to deal with the administrative work.
really cant judge if a practitioner at a walk-in is better or worse than one with their own clinic. because some just dont want to deal with the administrative work.
Walk in or not no different. My husband went to clinic when he didn't wait. Clinic keeps records. They has to send to your doctor though. Your doctor gets mad.
發表於 2011-7-4 11:50
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a fever or a headache can mean a lot more than just a fever or headache...