I think that if we could be educated on a regular basis to appreciate what we each do then that may help. And the maxim..."treat others as you would like yourself or a member of your family to be treated" is the Gold Standard as far as I,m concerned. Sometimes the problem is an historical one, for instance some old working ways and attitudes have been handed down from previous generations of health care providers. I will be respectful to anyone but I will not tug my forelock and will not be spoken down to. This has happened I,m sure to most people in the job. But I will not stand for someone trying to belittle, bollock or generally show me up in front of a patient. If I,ve had an issue with a member of staff, be it doctor, nurse, EMT, Paramedic or any other then I always strive to have a word away from the patient. There is nothing worse than doing a job that has for instance involved a prolonged RTC entrapment, working in cramped smelly messy conditions under a lorry putting lines in, tubes, decompressing a tension pneumo, clamping off arterial bleeds etc, putting a call for Resus to be on standby and when arriving at the hospital you are met by rudeness or a complete lack of empathy for the patient from some staff. There thats said and done...I,m off for a lay down now as I,m getting fired up!