Sorry.
Prone= laying on stomach
Lithotomy= laying on back with knees bent toward the chest. Think “gyno” (the usual position for the procedure I’ll have.
That’s just plain rude. I would absolutely tell the doc AND the office manager about overhearing that conversation. They should know that someone on their staff is an inconsiderate b*tch.
Seeker74-you need to make a formal complaint. Seriously, that’s not on.
Yes, doctors do say nasty things about patients, but not when they’re in the room or could overhear. Seriously unprofessional, don’t let it slide.
I just spoke with my regular doc’s nurse. She told me that when she was in the exam room with her mom, the assistant was putting lip gloss on while the surgeon was examining the patient. Then she put her foot up on the exam table to tie her shoe.
I tried to call the office manager this morning, and he’s off on Wednesday. You bet I’ll give him a call tomorrow.
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen such unprofessional behavior in a medical setting. I know they’re human, but you need to act appropriately when the patient is around.
Yeah I think your probably right that the use of the term “colored” was too much and wrong. Just as a person who has very bad difficulty with names I can see myself telling someone to “go talk with the Asian lady over there about such and such” if there were several ladys in that location and Asian was the easiest and clearest distinguishing factor. In fact I would feel worse saying go talk to the short lady as that feels ruder. Of course if I knew (or remembered) more about the lady I’d say go talk to the Accounts Administrator, or go talk to Ni Ling, or go talk to mrs. Ling …
I think you may be reading Anaamika’s comments differently than they were meant. I did not get the impression that she was painting all Indian doctors with a stereotype of “nosy”.
Instead… (Anaamika, correct me if I’m wrong and misunderstood)… I got the impression that she feels Indian doctors tend to be more nosy with her, because she’s the same nationality and probably they feel more of a natural affinity or familiarity with a patient with their own culture. This probably increases the likelihood that the doctor will strike up a more personal conversation with her than a doctor of another naionality would, and she really doesn’t want to get that personal with a doctor. Also, her comment about questions about whether she’s married and if not, why is she sexually active – those seem to imply that there’s an aspect of common religious beliefs from her country involved, and Anaamika doesn’t want to feel like she’s being inspected and judged over whether she is correctly following these beliefs. Such a question from the doctor (“Why are you having sex if you’re not married?”) would seem to automatically imply that the doctor feels she should be doing otherwise, based on the religious beliefs from their culture that he assumes they should both share.
So I didn’t read it as saying “All Indians are X”.
I read it more as, “I don’t want to have to justify how I live my life to a stranger from my own culture who’s likely to judge me poorly for it”.
(Anaamika – was I close?)
A tiny bit of a hijack, but along the same lines:
Watching English soccer with my wife’s maiden aunt, in Dublin. She points out one of the players, and says, “You know, he’s one of them.”
I’ve heard of* them* before, from her. But which of them is he? Is he gay? A protestant? A hooligan? A Fine Gael supporter?
No, none of the above.
He’s a diabetic! :rolleyes:
Wow, she’s got amazing eyesight.
Oh, she’s footie mad. I’ve no doubt that she knows all the players stats, and whether or not they’re one of them.