Prescribe opioid medications, and they call you Dr. Feelgood. Prescribe an appropriate non-narcotic alternative, and they call you Dr. Mengele.
Having to see too many patients in the course of a work-day, with too little time to address all of the patients' issues. Lacking nurse triage which can weed out the patients not really in need of a clinic visit ("I've got a little cold; could you give me some anti-biotics?"
, thereby unnecessarily increasing the work-load. Hospitals and other clinics who drag their feet getting prior records to me for review. Patients who refuse to follow up with their care provider, or refuse to comply with their providers' advice ("Yeah, I smoke two packs a day, and I'm having trouble breathing, but you're not getting me to quit. Could you just give me some anti-biotics?" .
It can make for a difficult workday.
On balance, medicine is a vastly fulfilling career, but we need to reform our system in order to make life-threatening mistakes less likely.
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