why are doctors so arrogant?

Answer 1

Because they get paid hundreds of thousands of pounds per year for doing a job they can't even do properly. The number of time I have gone to the docter with a complaint and they still can't tell me what is wrong!! So much for all their training!! Their arrogance at the thought of getting paid so much disrupted their ability to learn!!

Answer 2

I only knew ONE doctor who wasn't arrogant. He was the Best. Sadly, he passed away. Since then I've had a few doctors and they were all arrogant. They think they know everything but they DON'T! They need to study more. I wanted a doctor to take me off Xanax because it was making me much too tired. He said there had to be something else wrong because Xanax shouldn't make anyone so tired. But I know other people who told me it makes them too tired also. I was only taking a very low dose but we all have different systems and the low dose was too much for me so I stopped on my own. Once it got out of my system, I no longer felt tired and had more energy. Who knows our own bodies better than we do? No one. Not even those arrogant know-it-all doctors.

Answer 3

I think some doctors become to immune to the feelings of patients and they are on a strict time schedule that doesn't allow them to discuss issues much.

You come in as a patient and they want to tell you what they think, not hear what you think you have. It does come off as arrogant at times.

Personalities may vary but I think that there is a kind of arrogance with a lot of doctors and they need to remember that if it wasn't for the patients, they'd be out of work!!

Answer 4

I can call my doctor up any time and see him the same day. His hole-in-the-wall office is a mess, piled up with magazines and files. He describes all the issues that doctors face under socialized medicine (Canada) and spends time with me. He also works with sports teams and in a palliative care setting helping people to die with dignity. Not an ounce of arrogance there.

Answer 5

Well Im a computer guy. But have you ever had someone try to act like they know something about your field of work, but they actually have no clue and in turn end up sound like a complete idiot. I imagine they just get annoyed with people saying..."I saw on the internet...." But on another note, for the amount of money they charge these days. They should smile and grin as much as an annoying overtalking bank teller. At least I would feel like they wanted me o be there. Do other people get the feeling these days like the dr. feels like your wasting his time? I do, what else does 1.5 minutes of face time mean?

Answer 6

I don't think they know they are acting that way. Some come off being real friendly and caring, and maybe they do, but I know what you are talking about. They are just so busy and overworked, really they are. There is more to being a doctor than we understand. Paperwork, insurance, workers compensation, disabilty, malpratice, a lot of stuff that we don't realize. I think they are conditioned not to become too involved, they deal with life and death everyday. I sure wouldn't want to be in that profession. Every decision they make could help or kill people. Maybe they are sick theirselves.

Answer 7

Because they are paid more than they are worth. They then begin to think that they are really clever-else why would they get paid so much. Then they begin to think that they did it all by their own efforts (They really were lucky that their parents pushed them to university, or paid for them to go to a good school, or they were just lucky that they inherited some ability). Then they become arrogant because they believe they are better than the rest of us. It's a vicious circle. Some successful people are very arrogant. The worthwhile ones are not. Try to avoid the trap of doing it yourself if you meet with success. Just be better than them, but retain some humility.

Answer 8

some doctors r arrogant cos of how much they r paid best ppl to ask is ur own body u know how ur body reacts to different things. if u feel u did not get the answer u wanted from ur doctor ask for a second opinion.

Answer 9

Not all are but I know what you mean,
I have experienced a few with delusions of grandeur,
a lot of it stems from the past when it was case of you almost had to doff your hat to see a doctor as you would the aristocracy they were so learn-ed you see. This gave them in my opinion even bigger delusions of their worth than the middle class values that they already had which by the way have slipped considerably over the last century they are just a bit slow the poor dears to realise we are no longer gorm blimey thankee Governor

Answer 10

Not all are that way..I have a lady doctor..And i tell you what..She's far from Arrogant!!! Her husband is a Doctor too, And he's actually a really nice guy too..Small Town Doctors can't beat them :)