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GP BUSINESS: Why doctors make the worst patients.
GPs are rarely the best judge of their own illness - but some may need convincing of this, says Dr Graham Brown
Doctors can make challenging patients. They usually come to the consultation with more concerns and expectations than an average patient.
When examining a colleague, I am very conscious of the fact that they may be critically appraising my technique.
Dr Richard Gordon (author of the Doctor in the House series) wrote in Punch several years ago: 'Doctors do not expect to become ill in the same way that the policeman never expects to be burgled and the vicar never expects to go to hell.'
The public assume that doctor can cure themselves. There is an unwritten tradition that we are made of sterner stuff and struggle in to work even when unwell, only to be greeted by 'physician, heal thyself, ho ho ho' from patients.
There is also the concern that my already overworked colleagues will be even more burdened if I'm not there. A recent survey showed doctors had almost the lowest sickness absence rate of any profession.
Are doctors healthier?
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