Do you think that is how doctors are?

It is just a show only. It is not real thing. My daughter is a doctor. She never does such things. She has no time to relax even. So just enjoy the show. That's all.

I guess there could be doctors out there that act the way House does, but I've never met one like that before. However, I wish that more doctors were as smart as him because most of the time when I'm sick, the doctors have no idea what is wrong with me and I have to figure it out for myself. Then when I do figure it out and make myself better, the doctor won't believe that my natural remedies worked and say I must've gotten better on my own.

No, I know that this is just a show and that generally doctors are not like this. If they were I'd hope they'd be fired;)

I don't think so because believe me if a real doctor said some of the things that house says to patients he would be looking at a lawsuit. LOL

Gosh! How I wish doctors would be more like them.. lol..

I have some hospital background, and I think House and his crew are doing a better job than the doctors here at my place. For one, they have the luxury of doing all the labs and tests they can think of, hence being able to diagnose almost all diseases known to mankind.
To compare it really, usual doctors just do the routine stuffs. Eg.: fever=infection=antibiotics.
On the other hand, in House, they really do tests/cutures, etc.. Even go to the patient's houses to investigate..lol..

I guess it's just too good to be true, that's why it's only a TV show.

=D

It is just a show, but sometimes you do wonder what a Dr. is really thinking when you are telling them a problem you, or in my case, my daughter has. Thank goodness I haven't encountered any Dr.'s like House or even remotely close, but many of my daughter's doctors have spoken to me in a very condescending manner. My 11 year old daughter was just diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in Feb. of this year. Some of the questions I do realize are necessary to repeat again and again, but give the patient and parents the benefit of the doubt sometimes. Like when I had to call the Dr. to say that my daughter was still not improving after 3 different meds and 2 doses of Remicade. I was told that since it was so close to summer, she would feel just fine once school was out and she could relax. Guess what? School ending did nothing for her symptoms and her health. I also was told when I expressed a question about why she is still in level 5 pain daily that there are many reasons for an 11 yr old to be in pain other than the Crohn's. As I said earlier, I do realize these questions need to be asked, but after you get to know the patient and/or parent of a patient, can't they be more accepting of my take on her feelings being that I live with her and she lives with her pain daily? I sure didn't mean to bring down your profession at all. It is just that when you have a bad experience, it is hard to forget it.

I have relatives who are doctors and ikinow that they are not capable of doing the nasty things that House does. But I do hope that there would be a lot of great doctors like him to be able to diagnose the disease correctly.

I'm a nurse and I dont think there are docs exactly the same as House but..... I have worked with some extremely arrogant doctors. Granted that dont act so arrogant with the patients but behind the scenes with their support staff they are quite the opposite. Of course this is not every doctor as I've worked with some excellent docs that I've learned much from.

I have never met a doctor quite like House, although I have come across one or two that have been just about as stubborn and had some attitudes that made me think of him. I do enjoy watching the show though.

Granted House is not your typical loving understanding doctor that I normally run into butto be honest i wouldent be surprised if there were a few out there that acted just like him.