I love family medicine
I hate family medicine because I can't cure my patients.
I love family medicine because I can listen.
I hate being a family doctor because my patients die.
I love being a family doctor because I become part of the family.
I hate being a family doctor because I am late for dinner with my family.
I love being a family doctor because my kids run and hug me when I get home.
I hate being a family doctor because some days I am exhausted mentally and physically and have nothing left for my family.
I love being a family doctor because it makes me appreciate my family more.
I hate being a family doctor because people complain most of the day.
I love being a family doctor because I know these patients are not my family.
I hate being a family doctor because people show me all sorts of disgusting body fluids like sputum and stool.
I love being a family doctor because I have funny stories about what people show me at work.
I hate being a family doctor because it is so frustrating trying to access specialty care and diagnostic imaging for my patients.
I love being a family doctor because it is an amazing feeling when I can get my patients into medical services that they need quickly.
I love being a family doctor because of the collegiality I have with my office colleagues and staff.
I hate being a family doctor because I see so many patients in my nursing home suffer from severe dementia.
I love working in my nursing home because I focus on quality of life with my patients.
I hate being a family doctor because I spend more time with my patients than with my kids and wife.
I love being a family doctor when my five-year-old son asks me to take him on a house call.
I love being a family doctor because my five- and six-year-old children already know the words: axilla and patella.
I hate being a family doctor because I spend only 10 or 15 minutes with my patients.
I love being a family doctor because there are some patients I want to spend only 10 minutes with.
I hate being a family doctor because I am expected to know everything.
I love being a family doctor because my patients appreciate my honesty when I tell them I do not know the answer.
I hate being a family doctor when I have to tell bad news.
I love being a family doctor because I can support and help my patients when there is bad news.
I hate being a family doctor because I can't motivate or change my patients' behaviour.
I love being a family doctor because occasionally a patient makes a lifestyle and behavioural change and becomes healthier.
I hate being a family doctor when all I can offer is a medication prescription.
I love being a family doctor when I tell someone they no longer need that medication.
I hate being a family doctor when I worry I may have missed a significant diagnosis.
I love being a family doctor when I make a diagnosis that has a significant impact.
I love being a family doctor because it affords endless opportunities for work and lifelong learning.
I love being a family doctor because I can be a leader in my community.
I love being a family doctor because it makes me appreciate life, myself and my family.
- Daniel Dodek
