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I don't think it's old fashioned, but, as the communities grew and became less united, and as the medical branches became more and more numerous and specialized, the concept of "the community doctor" faded over the time. It's very desirable to have a doctor that knows you, and knows all your problems well, and can make an asessment having the overall picture, gathered in years of taking care of you, sort of a Doctor Quinn, good at everything, humane and close... but when general practitioners now care for hundreds of patients that come and go all the time, and they're not able to get to know them all, or get a strong grasp of their medical history, the "my doctor" idea has become more or less limited to an episode, rather than a lifetime. There are, of course, exceptions. But they're more and more rare... It's not old-fashioned, though it belongs to the past. From my experience, word-of-mouth is the best way to know a good doctor. Don't know anything of San Diego, though, but I think that you're the one that should be the doc's shadow now, and not the other way around. You're the one that should seek the doctor's attention all the time, and stick to him, the doctors now don't chase patients anymore with the fish oil spoon... |
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