And after I got home a man came into my office. It took me quite a while to pry out of him that he was chronically anxious and wanted me to prescribe him Valium. He needed it quick because he was going to Albany for a consumer conference. The consumer movement also seems to hold out the false hope that psychiatrists will stop throwing people into hospitals against their will. So powerless people look for ways to acquire power.
Consumers have power.
Let's be like them. Let's call ourselves 'consumers'. Patients expect me to act like a doctor, not like a service provider. When doctors act like service providers, patients are more likely to sue them for malpractice. Juries and judges think of doctors as doctors and not mere providers of services.