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sick now. It just seemed like a good idea to | sick now. It just seemed like a good idea to | ||
have a check up - be on the safe side, you know. | have a check up - be on the safe side, you know. | ||
Being a complete | Being a complete greenhorn, I suppose I'm | ||
taking the whole experience a lot too | taking the whole experience a lot too seriously. | ||
Probably I was never cut out to be a good patient. I | |||
don't like to be | don't like to be [[mis?]]treated like a [[de cerebrate?]] by a | ||
fellow who strikes me as more interested in power | fellow who strikes me as more interested in power | ||
than in responsible work." | than in responsible work." | ||
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abused and that a patient shouldn't have to | abused and that a patient shouldn't have to | ||
sacrifice anything in ordinary personal dignity and status | sacrifice anything in ordinary personal dignity and status | ||
while | while he is getting diagnosed or treated. | ||
On the other hand, there were instances in | On the other hand, there were instances in | ||
which the professional side needed some kind | which the professional side needed some kind | ||
Latest revision as of 00:52, 21 July 2021
and you probably know what that means." "Sorry to hear that. I hope you're on the mend. I never knew what it was to be sick until just a while ago, and the chances are I'm not sick now. It just seemed like a good idea to have a check up - be on the safe side, you know. Being a complete greenhorn, I suppose I'm taking the whole experience a lot too seriously. Probably I was never cut out to be a good patient. I don't like to be mis?treated like a de cerebrate? by a fellow who strikes me as more interested in power than in responsible work."
Whatever this snapshot, now dim and discolored, from the album of Mr L may suggest now, at the time it conveyed to me only that the doctor - patient relationship could be abused and that a patient shouldn't have to sacrifice anything in ordinary personal dignity and status while he is getting diagnosed or treated. On the other hand, there were instances in which the professional side needed some kind