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A new poll by a medical association has found that Gregory House (from the FOX program “House” ) is America’s most loved and among the most disliked TV doctors.

I like House, too.
The survey by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) found that many people responded positively to House’s medical skills, while at the same time, many respondents didn’t like him because of his gruff bedside manner and poor communication skills.
Ironically, the results of the survey suggest the qualities people value most in a physician are bedside manner or communication skills (95 percent) and board certification (93 percent).
Coming in second asa favorvite on a list of 13 fictional television doctors were Marcus Welby ( “Marcus Welby, M.D.” 13 percent ), followed by Hawkeye Pierce (“M*A*S*H,” 11 percent ) and John Carter (“ER,” 10 percent).
Other TV docs mentioned in the survey, each of whom got less than 10 percent of the vote, were Cliff Huxtable (“The Cosby Show” ); Miranda Bailey (“Grey’s Anatomy” ); Derek Shepherd (“Grey’s Anatomy” ); Michaela “Mike” Quinn (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” ) ; Doogie Howser (“Doogie Howser, M.D.” ); Jack Shephard (“Lost” ); James Kildare (“Dr. Kildare” ); and Frasier Crane (“Frasier” ).
The physicians who respondents said they would least like to have as a doctor are Doogie Howser (“Doogie Howser, M.D.;” 17 percent ); Gregory House (11 percent ) and Frasier Crane (“Frasier;” 11 percent ).
Overall, the main reasons why these doctors would not be chosen by respondents were for personal qualities (31 percent) or professional reasons (29 percent.) Seven percent do not know why they wouldn’t choose them as their doctor.
