Doctors have lost their status because most of them are now just employees and they act like it. Secondly, way too many lack respectability. Doctors didn’t show up with half buttoned shirts and gold chains back when they were considered to be pillars of the community.
I don’t really care what my doctor is dressed like.
What matters to me is the quality of care I receive.
When my husband had cancer one of his doctors looked like a party animal.
But when she opened her mouth and started talking I knew she was going to get it done and done right.
I regard her as the most important factor in his recovery. If she didn’t get his lungs open for him to breathe better all the treatment in the wirld wouldn’t have made any difference.
She is a pioneer in laser surgery and teaches new techniques. She is head thoracic surgeon at hospital where my husband was.
You are so right about the appearance of some physicians these days. I see them walking around in scrubs, sucking up Starbucks from a cup. Saw one the other day displaying her belly-button ring. All I could think of was some elderly patient lying in bed right at eye level of the uncovered belly button of this physician who was dressed like a tramp.