tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post5423430773021703440..comments2023-10-29T03:17:06.908-07:00Comments on Anonymous Doc: Anon MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132292623854780366noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-33714612897073472142011-04-30T07:55:34.164-07:002011-04-30T07:55:34.164-07:00I understand the temptation to say yes, but you ne...I understand the temptation to say yes, but you need to say no. It's going to take practice, but you're going to be getting this sort of thing from patients for the rest of your career. This week I had a patient hand me a bunch of bullshit symptoms - nothing wrong with her on exam - and tell me her work was stressful and that she needed time off. Now I have patients who are in fact under unbelievable stress, but she wasn't one of them and I told her no. <br />(ace in the hole: if they really push you, tell them you will authorize unpaid time off but that they don't qualify for disability. That almost always works.)Dr. Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776830530694403715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-43302199998318098692011-04-29T09:00:39.351-07:002011-04-29T09:00:39.351-07:00Possible post request -- my brother once went to a...Possible post request -- my brother once went to a doctor for foot pain and got a note saying he shouldn't work overtime for two months. The foot healed, but my factory changed its policy so their own choice of doctor has to approve this. (Their practice is mandatory overtime for everyone.) <br /><br />Do you feel like you have the power to rule over people's working conditions, or do you feel like there would be pushback if you try?Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-59546050072688872972011-04-27T22:31:10.462-07:002011-04-27T22:31:10.462-07:00Try working in pediatrics. I got a nasty look toda...Try working in pediatrics. I got a nasty look today because I told a dad his daughter was playing him and only wrote her school note for the morning and told her to go back to school this afternoon! The nasty look was from the dad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-63889666641590073612011-04-27T14:16:28.631-07:002011-04-27T14:16:28.631-07:00What a nob. You should have held strong. Don't...What a nob. You should have held strong. Don't compromise because some twit wants a few days off his "stressful" job. Or take a page out of Whitecoat's book<br /><br />http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2011/02/doctors-work-notes-and-medical-ethics/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-83528344125348838882011-04-27T11:36:13.757-07:002011-04-27T11:36:13.757-07:00Did you include in his note that since he should n...Did you include in his note that since he should not sit for so long a period of time that he should perhaps EXERCISE or something useful like that? That would have been amusing. I sit all day at my computer, too, transcribing for doctors. It can be stressful. Not the sitting though, the mumbling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com