PATIENTS NEED TO HAVE A LOUDER VOICE IN THEIR MEDICAL CARE 9-26-14
I am very
disillusioned by the doctors treating me, who have treated me, the hospital I go for my medical care and the Healthcare System as it is that I, because I live with several
chronic medical conditions, am forced to
be a part of.
I want to be
treated by medical personal and feel physically better. I did not ask for
little to no say, right or wrong, a lot
of what goes in my medical chart.
Many times
doctors have opinions, which they write in the medical chart. The issue becomes
problematic when their opinions automatically become fact. Without
communication with me, as the patient, this is hurting me more than helping me!
Doctors may
know about medical issues but, they are NOT the expert on me, as the person who
is seeking to be treated for symptoms of disease, infection, etc…. Though many
doctors treating me have thought,
written and said to the contrary, they do NOT know me , what I feel, what I am
experiencing and have experienced until I tell them.
More
communication between doctor(s) and their patient(s) is definitely needed.
Perhaps instead of the countless meetings between doctors about the patient,
this time could be more utilized by actually talking more with the
patient! This would be enlightening for
the doctors and they would actually learn from the patient. The patient would also be getting more
personal and accurate treatment for the medical issue that they have come for
treatment for!
Many times
doctors have opinions, which they write in the medical chart. The issue becomes
problematic when their opinions automatically become fact. Without
communication with me, as the patient, this is hurting me more than helping me!
Doctors may
know about medical issues but, they are NOT the expert on me, as the person who
is seeking to be treated for symptoms of disease, infection, etc…. Though many
doctors treating me have thought,
written and said to the contrary, they do NOT know me , what I feel, what I am
experiencing and have experienced until I tell them.
More
communication between doctor(s) and their patient(s) is definitely needed.
Perhaps instead of the countless meetings between doctors about the patient,
this time could be more utilized by actually talking more with the
patient! This would be enlightening for
the doctors and they would actually learn from the patient. The patient would also be getting more
personal and accurate treatment for the medical issue that they have come for
treatment for!
My wish is
for patients to have a significantly louder say in what is written about us and
much more of a say in our medical and psychiatric treatment. My wish, also, would be that doctors would realize and take
seriously that knowledge I, as a person
coming for help with medical
condition, have of my own body and mind, more than any doctor,
or anyone could ever know!
Evelyn M. Pinto
September 26, 2014
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