I do. I worked in healthcare and the overwhelming majority of patients are legit. Same with any category where people are cynical and project that cynicism onto the majority. When I became a patient I became a victim of this categorization. I've been labeled immediately as drug seeking or mental or whatever and things have gone ignored or dismissed until I pushed long enough and hard enough for testing etc. I've told the story over and over irl about working in inner city hospitals and seeing people consistently dismissed and joked about for hours until testing prove them legit and then watching people scramble mostly to CYA not out of any empathy. Was a major contributor to my burnout in the field.
Calling worried patients with scary symptoms "nuts" and their issues "crap" really sums up the sort of thing I am talking about and is what makes patients afraid their provider isn't going to do their best to help them. Empathy is required for good healthcare. I recently got another confirmed and terribly depressing diagnosis of an incurable issue, but the provider I was working with was so kind, caring, and informative it reduced the mental impact as much as is possible. A dismissive provider, who was ultimately wrong, a few weeks before had me in an even worse head space than normal until I got to someone good. When I reached out to the wrong one to notify them they didn't seem care at all and dug in harder despite the proof/labs etc.
"A few bad apples" isn't because of the few bad apples. It's because the farmer decides all the apples are rotten, and throws them all out with the few rotten ones, while telling others constantly about those rotten ones as if they are the norm.
I had a super serious reaction to an antibiotic. I have been to mayo clinic and somewhere around 60 physicians with different specializations by now.
At least 70% of physicians have left me angry, they were simply wrong. Some would not take all symptoms because it is too much to handle at one time. My experience with western medicine has been pathetic.
Also, when I was younger I had a sports hernia. It is almost like a inguinal hernia except there is no bulge. I struggled for 12 months. 4-5 months in I had a hunch it was a sports hernia from my research. I have seen total of about 6 surgeons and 4-5 doctors for the issue. All told me it is a strain, gave me NSAIDs, suggested I see a therapist. I found a great doctor in California. He performed the surgery and took images. I had completely ripped 3 different muscles in my inguinal area. By the way, the doctors I have seen were BIG name Chicago doctors from Northshore, RUSH.....it was one of the worst experiences of my life and I often feel hatred towards doctors. The shittiest thing is, that initially it was one side but they gave me a go ahead to go back and lift at work, so I ripped the other side. I was too young, broke and dumb to sue at that time, because now I would take them to the cleaners.
I would not be surprised if software engineers do more research than them.
Calling worried patients with scary symptoms "nuts" and their issues "crap" really sums up the sort of thing I am talking about and is what makes patients afraid their provider isn't going to do their best to help them. Empathy is required for good healthcare. I recently got another confirmed and terribly depressing diagnosis of an incurable issue, but the provider I was working with was so kind, caring, and informative it reduced the mental impact as much as is possible. A dismissive provider, who was ultimately wrong, a few weeks before had me in an even worse head space than normal until I got to someone good. When I reached out to the wrong one to notify them they didn't seem care at all and dug in harder despite the proof/labs etc.
"A few bad apples" isn't because of the few bad apples. It's because the farmer decides all the apples are rotten, and throws them all out with the few rotten ones, while telling others constantly about those rotten ones as if they are the norm.