top docs: TEN BEST PC HEREOS IN HEALTHCARE
Parker County’s
Top 10 Greatest
Doctors
By MARSHA BROWN and
MISTY BROWNING
What’s the Difference Between a Good Doctor and a Great One?
The most important qualities of a great physician are hard to define using just a
few words. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to being a doctor.
We, at Parker County Today Magazine asked our readers to tell us about their
Heroes of Healthcare and they certainly did.
Their answers held great insight into what our readers consider to be qualities
essential to a great doctor.
• “I want a doctor that’s self-assured,” wrote one of our respondents. “If my doctor is confi-
dent, I feel like I’m in good hands.”
• Empathy is essential. “I love my doctor because she so understands the way I feel. I’ve
gone to doctors who were good at the science side of things but cold. She’s not like that at
all. My doctor is caring and kind.
• Honest and Direct. “He told me what I needed to know and did it using simple English
and with direct manner.”
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Being a great doctor, of course requires great skill along with wisdom and discern-
ment
Our Heroes in Healthcare go far beyond education and knowledge, although we all
certainly want all our doctors to have that.
A great doctor is an empathetic advocate and a great listener to the concerns of
their patients. They’re willing to work together with other doctors to help their
patients.
Doctors who navigate effectively through the complexities of providing health care
are skilled, mindful, compassionate and intuitive. They also listen to and care deep-
ly about their patients. It’s the compassion for their patients and the commitment to
their well-being that makes a physician a hero in his or her field.
Our Heroes in Healthcare are the embodiment of those qualities.