anything else wrote:
I think it depends on the situation and the type of doctor. I have wasted thousands of dollars and many hours seeing sports medicine specialist doctors to try and treat running injuries and this just wasted my time and money and degraded my quality of life mainly because of the time used up which made my working and family life more stressful.
That's plain ridiculous...you should be entitled to a refund. It reminds me of my interactions with the sports med community over the past several years - I finally gave up after just being prescribed NSAIDs to treat the symptoms (i.e., "standard medical care").
anything else wrote:
However, I have also had to visit the emergency room with other health problems and the doctors, nurses, radiologists all really helped me get back onto my feet and I am really grateful for that.
You're lucky. A couple years ago I lost a family member to complications from drug-induced renal failure right there in the hospital 😠.
anything else wrote:
Paradoxically, from what I saw, the emergency room doctors and workers seemed not to be so well paid, and were obviously tired and stressed with their workload. I felt for them. The sports medicine specialist doctors in contrast seemed to be very well paid, relatively relaxed and had nice, well-furnished premises. It seemed as though the monetary rewards given to the different professionals and the impact they had on the quality of life of their patients were in fact inversely proportional to each other;
Tired and stressed with their workload doesn't excuse that medical errors in a hospital setting are now the 3rd leading cause of death in this country.