Random Thoughts 78 - Doctor Shopping

78. Doctor Shopping
 

When I heard of the phrase "doctor shopping" on radio for the first time the other day, I was at a loss of words to describe my thoughts. First of all, let me clarify that it does not mean to buy a doctor, as in "grocery shopping", since most of us average wage earners cannot possibly afford one. It does not mean someone with a Ph.D. degree going shopping, either, although there are so many Ph.D.'s around nowadays. Actually, it means to visit multiple doctors with the same symptom(s) within a short period of time in order to get multiple prescriptions of medicines, often addiction-related strong painkillers. Can you imagine that?! Some people are nuts, bananas, or simply crazy!
 

S.D
2014.5.19


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• Thanks for your compliment! -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2014 postreply 21:45:11

• One time my kids were sick,the clerk could only sell me 2 types -京燕花园- ♀ (187 bytes) () 05/20/2014 postreply 16:43:19

• That's so sad. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2014 postreply 21:44:50

• I guess some people have a hard life and lost control of their d -南山松- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/20/2014 postreply 17:52:17

• In a way, each of us has a hard life, too. -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (63 bytes) () 05/20/2014 postreply 21:46:38

• ding! -南山松- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/21/2014 postreply 18:45:08