that's great inky - my MD is the same way. Fortunately, my MD does not ever touch me (ok i think she listened to my lungs once and once looked at my feet when they were swollen) but figures out what's up with me by talking with me and really listening. She cracks me up - she says first we gotta get you healthy, then we gotta work on your social life! (just like that, too - no formal talk for her).
she's awesome.