Advice from Annie Lane.
Dear Annie: I’m a woman and I’m a physician. Here’s why I think you should address me as ‘Doctor’. I am a female physician myself and was surprised not only by the content of the original column but also, to a lesser degree, by your response. In all my years of medical school, residency, fellowship, teaching residents as an attending physician, and my personal practice of medicine, I have never known of patients addressing their doctors as anything but “Dr. Last Name.
Female physicians are in a unique and particularly frustrating -- sexist? -- position in which we are more likely to be addressed without our proper title by almost anyone. In my particular specialty, I interact frequently with law enforcement, attorneys, family members of my patients, laboratory personnel, etc. Quite frequently, my female colleagues and I are addressed by our first name only or “Ms. Last Name” at work.
Our male colleagues rarely, if ever, experience this, as they are always addressed with their title. Sadly, this is a common experience for female physicians in general, which has been previously studied and documented. We worked just as hard, if not harder, to earn that title, and when we are interacting with someone in our professional capacity as a physician, it’s simply disrespectful, unprofessional and very dismissive to ignore that title.
Being friends or neighbors with a physician doesn’t change the etiquette and consideration to any other doctor who is treating you in their professional capacity as a physician.Thank you for taking the time to share your views with our readers. We will all profit from reading your letter and understanding your perspective, which is based on many years of dedication to helping patients.
I have the funds and am willing to cover the entire cost of the accommodation for the group, because I just want to celebrate with these people and not cause them any financial hardship. I’m afraid they won’t take me up on this and will just fight me on it. I also feel bad I didn’t just offer this from the beginning.
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