Will you be comfortable consulting a doctor who smokes heavily?
By manong05
@manong05 (5027)
Philippines
October 28, 2009 5:38am CST
I accompanied my co-worker to see a doctor after seeing him not feeling well in the jobsite. We went to a clinic not far from where we work and when we opened the clinic door, we were greeted by an obnoxious smell and lo and behold the doctor was smoking and in front of him was an overflowing ashtray. My co-worker ask me to take him to a different clinic. He said he was not comfortable seeing that doctor.
Will you feel the same way?
Why?
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12 responses
@moneymakingtoday (4061)
• Philippines
28 Oct 09
There will come a time when that doctor stops smoking because he would no longer be earning money because he is driving his patients away... lol. I surely wouldn't be comfortable seeing that doctor. How would I be able to believe what he advises about good health when he himself is killing himself? hahaha.. The smell of smoke in an enclosed area is surely disgusting and very offensive. And surely his breath, too!
@moneymakingtoday (4061)
• Philippines
28 Oct 09
cheers to that self-destructing doctor, too! hahahaha
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
29 Oct 09
I will not approach such doctor in the first place. How can he or she treat me if he or she is doing something that makes me sick? Except if it is an emergency case. I will surely look for a doctor that has a healthy living to consult with.
@vhinzstrife (771)
• Philippines
29 Oct 09
NO! omg it's gross if he is smoking in front of his/her patient... geeesh very uncomfortable even if he stopped smoking then tend to his/her patient.. looking at him/her is already a disappointment. =(
@lindiebiz (1006)
• Canada
29 Oct 09
I have had a similar experience and i was not comfortable with it i stopped seing the doctor from that day
@earth2jacq (1502)
• Philippines
28 Oct 09
Well if he really is the best doctor in his field why not. Doctors are people too who are prone to these things. Well as long as he don't advice me to stop smoking I would belive him.
@itsmauricecassidy (298)
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28 Oct 09
To be honest I would actually be really scared because I would not want a doctor who smokes and could pass on something in my body. Since I dont smoke and dont feel that comfortable around smokers, I would seek for a different doctor or just ask if I can see another doctor and if he/she asks why, I would tell them why. They have yellow fingers when they smoke and then when they touch me, it will just pass on.
@doormouse (4599)
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28 Oct 09
the doctor smoking would not affect his medical help or diagnosis,of course i would visit a smoking doctor
@killer04 (282)
• Australia
28 Oct 09
If I were in the place of your friend, I would do the same thing. I wouldn't want to receive treatment from someone who does not even take care of himself. Doctor's are supposed to set the example. I wouldn't want him to pass off anything bad to me considering that he probably lack hygiene for smoking inside the building.
@LdeL0318 (6402)
• Philippines
28 Oct 09
I will also feel the same. I guess it is unethical for that doctor to do that. I mean, I don't mind if he smoke, but at least he knows when or where. If he's doing his job, I guess it is not proper for him to do that.
