In message <[log in to unmask]> Doug wrote:
> Right here and now the way we practice is determined
> as much by cultural expectations as medical propriety and the
> cultural environment is one increasingly of "I have a right to know".
Odd, most of my patients extend this to: "I have a right to know
what *YOU* are going to do about my problem."
> I think this makes my job much easier as the patient wants to take
> some of the responsibility off *me*.
Whoa - if there is a finite amount of responsibility in the world
and you're having to deal with less of it, and my patients are
not interested in taking any, then guess who finds himself taking
on more and more of it.
[snip]
> You could call it more patient centred but equally
> culture centred.
Cripes! You should start writing speeches for the Steve & Gerry
show (Dorrell & Malone). Thousands of flowers, New Jerusalems,
and, now, "culture-centred" health-care.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|