Doctor Anonymous and Desperate Housewives

October 5, 2007

Of Filipino background, Dr. Anonymous says he’s not that offended by the controversy. So he is being accused of being not Filipino enough.

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1 Dr. A October 5, 2007 at 11:06 am: Thanks so much for the link(s)!
2 Anonymous October 5, 2007 at 6:42 pm: Why be offended. Either it has a sound basis in that Phillipino doctors are less competent and/or ethical on average than American trained doctors or is has no sound basis. In the first case it is irrational to be offended by the truth (but not uncommon). Even if sucessful in bullying everyone into not saying it out loud, they will still believe what their own eyes tell them.

The rational thing to do would be to, at least, raise oneself above that level by day to day excellence.

If it isn’t true, then it is just a prejudice, and to hush it by getting offended will only convince people of it’s truth, when you could just, once again, show them that it isn’t true by day to day excellence.

In my career, both patients and doctors are accepting of doctors of all nationalities who are performers.

Unfortunately, the handful of Phillipino doctors that I have known were also the most irresponsible, sloppy, and unethical doctors that I have known. I am however, in the best American traditions of open-mindedness, confident that someone will break that losing streak any day now.
3 Anonymous October 6, 2007 at 6:20 pm: Wow Anon 6:42, how big of you to advise on this issue. I suppose that if a nationwide broadcast were to imply that you’ve been fornicating with the neighbor’s dog, you’d be utterly cool with it.

And B’wana, thanks for the gratuitous smear against Filipino doctors you’ve known. Oh, and for the gratuitous offer to be a great American and still “keep an open mind.”