Do you think it is unprofessional if your GP discusses more of his own health issues...

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...than you - the patient? And then says that they have spent too much time with you so goodbye?
I now know that he has had a back operation, a hyper-mobile knee joint which may need replacing at a later date and that he has a teenage daughter whom he is not relaxed about being seen in his underwear.
Also, I have some sort of arthritic condition - but to get clarified which one it is won't help me apparently!
 
I don't understand why he is discussing his daughter and her underwear, sounds a little strange! But I think I know where he is coming from, my dad always tells me to get dressed if I walk around the house half naked.
OK but I know this isn't the point, look if he isn't dealing with your medical issues, then ask to see a different GP at the surgery. It is unprofessional though.
 
They are only human too.

However, it could be he / she was trying to make a point and using their own problems to illustrate it , perhaps badly , so you missed the point?

{UPDATE} On the face of it, it sounds unprofessional, however, we don't know the context. Perhaps he feels you are a good listener and has opened up a little too far. Also was this all just the one conversation? Perhaps he is overtired? Does he know you and/or your family well? Did you say anything to him to prompt the underwear comment such as discussing shyness?
 
well ofcourse he is paid to help you!and gp's are also aloud to refuse anyone they want!was ther a cause for all of this!
 
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