It certainly seems that there is something devaluing of the individual doctor about a group practice that the patients can sense. When I was with a group, I would get those Tylenol calls, "I'm standing in Walmart and looking at the cough syrups" at 2 am. But my patients wouldn't dare do that now. Maybe we just have a closer relationship in a practice where they always see the same doctor, and have to show their face after such a stunt.
