Agreed. This gets worse in cultures in which Doctors have no habit or haven't been trained that educating the patient is part of the job. Whenever I am back to my birth country, I specifically avoid doctors that are older than mid 30s, because they all have the same, terrible bed manner. They might be good at diagnosing and treating, but they never, ever explain anything, even when asked. Some even have "helpful pamphlets" to hand to the patient - anything to avoid explaining. It seems that in their view their job is not helping the patient, but completing a task - running a scan, performing a procedure, administering medicine etc. The human, that is subject of the task, is invisible.