You Know You Need a New Doctor When ...

The patient before you was a goat. Instead of anesthetic he has you watch PBS. During surgery he has to keep repeating that "thigh bone connected to the knee bone" song. Mike Wallace and a film crew are hanging out in his waiting room. You can beat him in a game of Operation. All his Medical books are from the Time-Life "Do-it-Yourself Series." He has an office sharing arrangement with a mortician.
Originally published November 14, 2002.