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Originally Posted by Adalaide
Quite interesting. I was actually struck by the fact that near the end he said that patients may be labeled as crazy or misdiagnosed with somatization. (Which is essentially in my case meant he thought I was so crazy I was causing my symptoms.) I didn't even know anything was up, other than that he thought I should see a shrink (I refused) until I got my medical records and saw it. That was last summer, I'd still like to throttle that jerkwad.
More doctors should read articles like this so they can better understand their patients. Maybe it could help to get people with real issues diagnosed with real things rather than being bumped around the system like crazy people or drug seekers.
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I'd also like to see research on the kinds of treatment patients receive relative to the kind of health insurance they have. I'll wager it is an issue. For example those on Workman's comp---HMOs etc. Treatments between insurance companies like BCBS, UnitedHealthcare etc. I believe doctors react to patients depending on the insurance. Example---patient with HMO, doctor says you are a nut----same patient picks up BCBS PPO--doctors says you have RSD and I will help you control this beast-----I've personally seen this happen a few times.
It's one thing that the insurance does not pay for a particular service, but quite another being dismissed as a nut case, which tells me the doc just does not want to deal with it appropriately.