My pet peeves: paper tissues in the laundry, toilet seats left up, cars that follow too closely. Dr. Ursus's pet peeve: “patients who ask to be notified of their test results.”1
I can understand if Dr. Ursus wants to lament the cost and inconvenience of calling patients with test results (or suggest solutions to the problem). But physicians who consider patients' health — both physical and mental — a pet peeve need to re-evaluate why they are in the medical profession.
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