I just go on recomendations from friends, and I'm kind of bummed, because my current doctor is no longer a preferred provider for my insurance company. I may just pay the extra and be extra vigilant on where the tests get sent, because she's the only doctor I've had where the pap smears didn't hurt (much).
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Sep 26, 2013 1:17:18 am PDT #6675 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 26, 2013 2:11:17 am PDT #6676 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't know that I've ever chosen a specific GP myself. My folks picked my pediatrician, in college I started going to the practice they'd switched to after their crooked GP went up the river for child molestation, and when my initial doctor in that practice decided to quit in favor of race car driving my parents' excellent GP took over his patients. Other than Pedo!Doc I've been more than happy with every doctor I've lucked into.
flea - Sep 26, 2013 2:54:23 am PDT #6677 of 30000
information libertarian
I am totally a name snob, and I think for a lot of people those things operate nearly subconsciously. Would you explicitly choose to see Dr. Sarah Dawson over Dr. Tiffiny Dawson? Maybe not, but you might see Sarah are more serious. (I, personally, would be judgy about Tiffiny's parents' choices.) Also a lot of first name choices have racial coding in the US; Dr. Sarah Dawson reads white and Dr. Shaniqua Dawson reads black, and no we are not post-racial yet.
Also, if your last name is Pepper, maybe consider law school instead of med school.
Jesse - Sep 26, 2013 2:58:26 am PDT #6678 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If the doctor's name were Apple Martin, I would totally pick that person. (I mean, if it were 15 years from now, and it could be that Apple Martin.)
brenda m - Sep 26, 2013 3:12:37 am PDT #6679 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I got a rec from my dermatologist (who was a rec from a friend). That person wasn't taking new patients so the receptionist wanted to send me to their website to choose someone else. Which, what am I supposed to glean from that? It took a while to get through to her that I was not doing that and to please just make me a damn appointment with whoever IS taking new patients.
As it turns out, that person is great and I really like him.
billytea - Sep 26, 2013 3:13:35 am PDT #6680 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
If the doctor's name were Apple Martin, I would totally pick that person. (I mean, if it were 15 years from now, and it could be that Apple Martin.)
How about if they were called Apple Martini?
Jesse - Sep 26, 2013 3:21:06 am PDT #6681 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Apple Martini, probably no.
Strix - Sep 26, 2013 3:49:54 am PDT #6682 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Dr. Apple Martini, from a reputable med school? Hell, yeah. I'd figure she had idiot parents, but was tough as nails to power through school with that moniker, and stubborn as hell to boot, to not use her initials.
I look at med school and year of graduation, paired with nearness to my home and if they take my insurance. I generally prefer female GPs and GYNs, but don't care about gender in psychs and therapists, only specialties and the vibe I get on the 1st visit.
Sue - Sep 26, 2013 3:50:36 am PDT #6683 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Choosing doctors, what a concept!
Theodosia - Sep 26, 2013 3:52:54 am PDT #6684 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I have to stop myself from referring to my PCP and my dentist by their first names, but then I've been going to both for years and years.
My therapist has the perfect romance author name: Cassandra October.