Worst Things Doctors Told Patients
Few places leave you feeling as vulnerable as in a doctor’s office. You are frequently underdressed and sitting on a paper-covered table like a piece of deli meat waiting to be assessed. The least the person holding the clipboard can do is be professional about it. And yet…Doctors spend years in medical school learning how the body works and apparently very little time learning how to talk to the person it belongs to. Netizens asked patients to share the worst things a doctor has ever said to them, and the responses are truly horrific, varying from dismissive to downright offensive. Some are so bizarre they suggest the doctor in question had a very interesting morning before arriving at work. #1“Go ahead and tie her tubes. People like her don’t need to have kids.” (By the anesthesiologist to my OBGYN, in front of me)I have dwarfism.© Photo: rebecca_a_cokley#2I was trying to ween myself o
