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3. There's still a lot of people who put doctors on a pedestal

Sun Oct 16, 2022, 10:58 PM

Oct 2022

Especially older folks.

They are, indeed, human and fallible.

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Bad Doctors experience [View all] ZERTErYNOthe Oct 2022 OP

There's still a lot of people who put doctors on a pedestal Bayard Oct 2022 #3

I fell jumping off a wall on June 1 Historic NY Oct 2022 #5

Doctoring is pretty much a guessing game at the best of times. Aussie105 Oct 2022 #6

A few years ago my wife almost died due to a ruptured appendix. Chainfire Oct 2022 #7

Sadly, OB/GYNs are about the only docs who really listen to women cyclonefence Oct 2022 #8