Business Ethics Surrounding Doctor Office Visits

During an average doctor visit, more than half of all patients spend at least twenty minutes in the waiting room and another fifteen minutes (or more) in the exam room before seeing the doctor. When waiting times are too long, some patients may expect the doctor to reimburse them for their time, or at the very least, not expect them to pay for the visit.
For example a sales executive schedules a 2pm appointment with his doctor for a sore throat. He has a 4pm customer meeting that same afternoon to close a multi-million dollar deal. …