impersonal doctors

Much to my regret, I was dismayed listening to a patient her experience with other doctors. She waited for hours in the clinic of a doctor to be brushed aside with few questions. She was out of the door in 5minutes. That was the consultation. I thought this was something unique of a doctor. NO. More and more patients are complaining that doctors do not have time to discuss their cases. Doctors were practicing to fill out a quota not to take care of patients. In my 30 years of practice, I enjoyed making jokes and talking about everything under the sun with them. I become so personal with them that I became godfather of marriages, confirmations, baptism and get invited to so many functions.
Why had doctors become so impersonal? HMO'S, medical insurance coverage, and the drive for more money (greed). During the days of the medicine man in tribal communities, he receives whatever re-numeration the patient doles out in the form of vegetables, farm animals, whatever. And he was not rich above the others.
Today, the lifestyle of doctors are way above middle class. He's got to own, a fleet of cars, 2swimming pools , a large estate to be called a successful doctor. Many students go to medical school because it is where the money is. The Hippocratic oath of service above all else is gone.
This is the main reason why alternative medicine and herbal supplements have flooded the market. Patients do not trust their doctors. Who would with a 5minute consultation? The salesman of a herbal supplement stays longer with the patient than the doctor does.
I really hope that before the end of my lifetime doctors would turn around and care ....really care for patients.