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Struggling with my MD's style

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Jul 7, 2023 | Replies (32)

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@mayoconnectuser1 : I'm respectfully asking you to think about how you phrase things ----> "I know you ***may*** feel you have been ***wronged*** at some point" is a bit judge-y and even incendiary -- not helpful for anyone struggling with this disease -- and it's also inaccurate (one of your criticisms of the comment you responded to -- " ... is both unfair, inaccurate, and ... ").

Instead, perhaps: "I hear that you aren't getting what you need from this doctor" -- factual and no judgement. Affirming even as you post an opposing viewpoint in the rest of your comment.

I mean no offense; my goal is to help keep things respectful and help keep the temperature down. Thanks.

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Replies to "@mayoconnectuser1 : I'm respectfully asking you to think about how you phrase things ----> "I know..."

I am quite OK with my phrasing.

Doctors are the smartest, most socially motivated people on Earth. Patients who say the insinuatingly nasty and unsubstantiated things about them that I see in this forum need to understand they are, for the most part, taking their anger out on the very people who are attempting to save their lives.