Comments on: Would you rather have Gregory House or Marcus Welby as your doctor? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa Neal Gualtierihttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or.html#comment-89203 Lisa Neal Gualtieri Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or-marcus-welby-as-your-doctor.html#comment-89203 I wrote an article about how patients use the Internet (Diagnosis Surfing, http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/winter2009/columns/people.html) that starts off asking what House would do when a patient handed him the results of Internet research. Television shapes perceptions and expectations, such as the rise in cosmetic surgery due to shows like Nip/Tuck and the misperceptions people have about such procedures. I wrote an article about how patients use the Internet (Diagnosis Surfing, http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/winter2009/columns/people.html) that starts off asking what House would do when a patient handed him the results of Internet research. Television shapes perceptions and expectations, such as the rise in cosmetic surgery due to shows like Nip/Tuck and the misperceptions people have about such procedures.

]]> By: drjebjhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or.html#comment-89201 drjebj Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or-marcus-welby-as-your-doctor.html#comment-89201 Several years ago I pointed out to the American Academy of Family Physicians that our image as "Marcus Welby's" had died and our image had become "Becker," the barfly physician who made fun of his patients. Television shapes the expectations of the public and our primary care professional organizations have not made a concerted effort to put a primetime program out there that shows patients what they should expect from a good primary physician. The sponsors (big pharma) would be lining up for us. Several years ago I pointed out to the American Academy of Family Physicians that our image as “Marcus Welby’s” had died and our image had become “Becker,” the barfly physician who made fun of his patients. Television shapes the expectations of the public and our primary care professional organizations have not made a concerted effort to put a primetime program out there that shows patients what they should expect from a good primary physician. The sponsors (big pharma) would be lining up for us.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or.html#comment-89192 Anonymous Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or-marcus-welby-as-your-doctor.html#comment-89192 doctor! the patient has 15 points of tenderness and no objective findings by exam, lab or imaging studies! you must make a diagnosis!<br/><br/>time to call in dr house... doctor! the patient has 15 points of tenderness and no objective findings by exam, lab or imaging studies! you must make a diagnosis!

time to call in dr house…

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or.html#comment-89186 Anonymous Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/would-you-rather-have-gregory-house-or-marcus-welby-as-your-doctor.html#comment-89186 And how many of the respondents actually knew who Dr. Welby was? And how many of the respondents actually knew who Dr. Welby was?

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