"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
07/30/2017 at 23:20 • Filed to: From the library
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"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
07/30/2017 at 23:20 • Filed to: From the library | 0
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“Physicians of all men are most happy; what good success so ever they have, the world proclaimeth, and what faults they commit, the earth coverest.”—Francis Quarles
“There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman’s pulse”—Laurence Sterne
“I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.”—Voltaire
“No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.”—Michel de Montaigne
“There are only two classes of mankind in the world—doctors and patients.”—Rudyard Kipling
“Let no one suppose that the words doctor and patient can disguise from the parties the fact that they are employer and employee.”—George Bernard Shaw
“When people’s ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats ‘em; sometimes they live, sometimes they die, what’s that to I? I let’s ‘em.”—John Lettsom
ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
07/30/2017 at 23:51 |
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“Let no one suppose that the words doctor and patient can disguise from the parties the fact that they are employer and employee.”—George Bernard Shaw
AMEN! Too many doctors forget this, and too many patients are intimidated and don’t demand good service. I have “fired” two pediatricians since my kids were born. One was an arrogant SOB and the other just wouldn’t listen to me.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
07/31/2017 at 09:58 |
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This is why education is so important. People need to be informed consumers of their care.
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
07/31/2017 at 10:10 |
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Here’s my little story about that. My older son had surgery when he was about two years old, and had to be sedated. When he awoke, he was having trouble breathing because the tube had irritated his windpipe. The head of anesthesia came by to “examine” him, which meant standing in the doorway and telling us he was fine. Maybe he needs albuterol. The nurse came by, and wanted to administer albuterol for asthma. No, I said, he needs decadron for the swelling in his throat (my mom, who was there, used to be an EMT). I told the nurse categorically that she was not to administer albuterol, not because it would harm him but because it wouldn’t help him. I said that she isn’t going to administer anything until a doctor came to examine my son properly. About half an hour later, an anesthesiologist came up and gave my son a proper examination. He ordered decadron, and the problem went away. The nurse was pissed, but I don’t care.
So yes, it’s all about being educated and informed. You must ask questions until the answers start making sense. Doctors love to hide behind lengthy Latin names for things, smug in their knowledge of what it all means. We must demand explanations that we understand, and if a doctor is too busy to explain it, then it’s time to find a new doctor.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
07/31/2017 at 11:45 |
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Your last sentence is spot on. Most doctors with any kind of decent reputation listen to the patient and learn about the problem before making a decision. If one doesn’t do that, it’s a big red flag. The patient can’t be expected to learn all about the medicines and procedures being done and argue them with the doctor. That’s not a reasonable burden to impose on the patient most of the time. However, a properly educated and confident patient can recognize when he is being treated as a person involved in his own treatment and not a piece of meat.
RNs often seem to get more confident about their own diagnostic abilities as they get older. Unless one is a nurse practitioner and is in charge of my case, I usually just smile and wait for the doctor
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ttyymmnn
> Chariotoflove
07/31/2017 at 11:57 |
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I’ve got nothing against nurses. They do what is often a thankless job. But this nurse was arrogant, and was very mad at me when it turned out that I was right.
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Chariotoflove
> ttyymmnn
07/31/2017 at 15:29 |
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Oh, nurses make the world go round. You just have to ignore the ones that have been around so long they think it makes them doctors.