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<blockquote data-quote="Zak S" data-source="post: 6609807" data-attributes="member: 90370">Speaking as somebody who gets to watch it up close and personal every week on account of Mandy's condition--I don't think it is too different, especially for surgeons. There are guys who have surgeries more than one a day, are barely familiar with the patient's case and then, hours later, on to the next like delivering pizzas.5 different people or more a week, 40 weeks of the year--you can start to get a &quot;people in bulk&quot; mentality. Anyone who's worked at a call center knows the feeling --MOST people want x so MOST of the time you make a lotof assumptions for efficiency's sake that break down when you have to deal with a human being in full.A good doctor tries as hard as possible to regard cases as individual, but in point of fact people are still enough of a mystery-- inside and out --that a lot of them rely hard on received or stereotyped views just to keep up with the volume of casework they take on.Part of why it takes years for people with rare conditions to be diagnosed is because they spend years being given wrong diagnoses by doctors who assume there are no zebras and if it has four hoofs and a mane it must be a horse.People in professions where they have 4 or 5 clients max (or one) or who don't have clients tend to get a more individualized view. Not necessarily a better one for all purposes, but one that relies less on sociological assumptions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zak S, post: 6609807, member: 90370"] Speaking as somebody who gets to watch it up close and personal every week on account of Mandy's condition--I don't think it is too different, especially for surgeons. There are guys who have surgeries more than one a day, are barely familiar with the patient's case and then, hours later, on to the next like delivering pizzas. 5 different people or more a week, 40 weeks of the year--you can start to get a "people in bulk" mentality. Anyone who's worked at a call center knows the feeling --MOST people want x so MOST of the time you make a lot of assumptions for efficiency's sake that break down when you have to deal with a human being in full. A good doctor tries as hard as possible to regard cases as individual, but in point of fact people are still enough of a mystery-- inside and out --that a lot of them rely hard on received or stereotyped views just to keep up with the volume of casework they take on. Part of why it takes years for people with rare conditions to be diagnosed is because they spend years being given wrong diagnoses by doctors who assume there are no zebras and if it has four hoofs and a mane it must be a horse. People in professions where they have 4 or 5 clients max (or one) or who don't have clients tend to get a more individualized view. Not necessarily a better one for all purposes, but one that relies less on sociological assumptions. [/QUOTE]

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