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My soon to be ex-doctor sneered when I was asking clarification questions. He never directly answers question and has a scribe as a witness with him. Flinches when I bring my wife with me.

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Doesn't sound like a good fit. As a clinician in a different field who has been both loved and fired, I recently moved on from a practitioner because I realized his preferred style of practice and my preferred style of care did not match up well. No fuss, no blame. Of course, it's nice if we have options, which we don't always. Without options, maybe we have to dip from @hanscasteels well?
In these situations I try to keep in mind that part of my job as a patient is to motivate the practitioner to provide his/her best level of care in my situation. That often includes having sympathetic/kindly feelings toward me. I find delivering a written document answering as many questions (of theirs) as I can and highlighting specific questions I have often helps, since one of their besetting challenges is getting through their schedule expeditiously. I usually give it to the nurse when she takes bp and have a copy for myself to keep on track during the encounter.

Too funny- my wife’s cardiologist refers to me as her ‘lawyer’ when I show up at her visit; and she’s my ‘mouthpiece’ when she attends one of mine. But we love the guy and refer to him as ‘Pill Bill’ since handing out prescriptions seems to be the extent of his job.😆