[analphilosopher] Keith Burgess-Jackson: From Today's *New York Times*

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Posted by Keith Burgess-Jackson:
>From Today's *New York Times*
http://www.analphilosopher.com/posts/1133744085.shtml


   To the Editor:

   Re "When the Doctor Is In, but You Wish He Wasn't" ("Being a Patient"
   series, front page, Nov. 30):

   Here are some simple guidelines for patients:

   ¶The doctor should greet you and make eye contact.

   ¶The doctor should be seated while you relate why you have come in.

   ¶The doctor should wash his hands in your presence before examining
   you.

   ¶The doctor should ask, at the end of your visit, if there is
   anything else you want to bring up.

   ¶If you are an established patient and are ill, you should be seen
   within a day or two.

   ¶The doctor's office should return your phone calls within 24 hours,
   and sooner if you say it is urgent.

   ¶The doctor's office should fax or mail medical records within 48
   hours of your request.

   If these minimum criteria are not met, vote with your feet. Find
   another doctor.

   Sharon Lewin, M.D.
   New York, Nov. 30, 2005