PATIENTS NEED TO HAVE A LOUDER VOICE IN THEIR MEDICAL CARE 9-26-14

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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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