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In article <Bvt2Fp.E69@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> jack@watarts.uwaterloo.ca (Jack Cooper) writes:

>>Anyone else out there have stories of difficulty getting medical care in kw?
>>Anyone got a recommendation for a good GP?

>You may wish to consider an alternative, such as a Homeopathic or 
>Naturopathic practicioner.  I don't know how you might go about finding
>ones availble in K-W.  Perhaps someone knows of a list available from
>somewhere?
>My problems with finding a GP have been the same as the ones you describe.
>I also have a problem, however, with the general fix-it-after-it's-broke
>attitude inherent in the present medical system.  I realize that GP's are
>necessary in several circumstances, but for the most part, having a 
>stranger with cold, clammy hands grope me every year or so for some alien
>ailment or disfigurement while the most personal detail they know about me
>is my height, weight and marital status repulses me.  Ecch.


If that's your experience, you have had a bad GP.  I have much more
positive experiences with my doctor (although I wouldn't claim that
he's perfect) and I suspect others have too.  As for naturopaths,
homeopaths and other such fringe folks, allow me to express some
skepticism.  And in any case, don't they, like physicians, deal more
with treatment than with prevention?

Let me put in a plug here for the "Health Services" clinic here on
campus.  Their emphasis certainly includes prevention and healthy
living, as well as quick, friendly, low-key, willing-to-listen
attention to immediate problems.  You can walk in at any time and see
a nurse within minutes.  There is a popular belief that health services
is only available to students, but this is not true.  As a staff member
I have used the clinic frequently for minor problems and I have always
been well looked after.  On a couple of occasions I was in to see a
physician immediately, when the nurse felt that was necessary.  Of course
in that situation the doctor doesn't know me and can only deal with the
immediate problem.

CAR