Have you ever had the experience of meeting the doctor who is going to perform your surgery only to discover that this surgeon had all the charm and charisma of a villain out of a Stephen King novel?
Guys, have you ever, during an initial consultation for, say, a vasectomy, noticed something strange about the way a doctor was speaking to you? Maybe he refuses to look you in the eyes for the entirety of your visit, fixating on your Adam’s apple as if it were talking directly to him.
Ladies, what if you were about to get a hysterectomy, and liked the surgeon very much—until, that is, he stands to shake your hand and crushes it with all his might as though he were trying to squeeze the last bit of juice from a lemon?
It’s an interesting subject, this perceived relationship between a doctor’s personality and their ability to perform their job. This issue is of particular interest to me because a member of my family was once treated by a doctor who we immediately found to be, cold, distant, and more than a little strange. But what do you do when a highly recommended doctor strikes you, when you meet him or her face-to-face, as a little “off”?
Have you ever been in this position, and if so what did you do about it?
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