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LETTERS: David Bass Doctors must learn to let others treat them and their families BMJ 2001; 323: 47 [Full text]

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TIME FOR INTROSPECTION

Nidhish Nanavaty   (9 July 2001)

Treatment Of our own family.

J T Plecnik-Pugel   (9 July 2001)

Family Dilemmas

Tim Nunn   (10 July 2001)

TIME FOR INTROSPECTION 9 July 2001
Nidhish Nanavaty, consulting pediatrician and neonatologist CHILDERN HOSPITAL ,NARANPURA,AHD.,GUJARAT.,INDIA.,380014 Send response to journal: Re: TIME FOR INTROSPECTION	ITS INDEED REQUIRING A LOT OF FRANKNESS TO ADMIT THAT HARDLY WE TAKE HELP OF OTHER SPECIALISTS TO HELP OURSELF AND OUR CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS. WE SHOULD BE BOLD ENOUGH TO FACE OUR LIMITATIONS IN OUR OWN FIELD LET APART OTHERS'SPECIALITY.THIS CAN PREVENT INJUSTICE TO SO MANY OF US AND OURS AND CAN PREVENT PASSING REST OF THE YEARS WITH THE SENSE OF GUILT
Treatment Of our own family. 9 July 2001
J T Plecnik-Pugel, Private+WSU USA Send response to journal: Re: Treatment Of our own family.	In brief, it is wise for someone else to treat our families,except in an emergency, when other help is not available.Avoid blame or guilt that can come after.
Family Dilemmas 10 July 2001
Tim Nunn, GP Big Bend Swaziland Send response to journal: Re: Family Dilemmas	The age-old question of when and whom to consult is a particularly difficult one for doctors to answer.Working in a rural practice with a cottage hospital base I've come to realize that we as a profession have huge in-built biases when a family member is "sick". The first dilemma arises out of our definition of illness (versus that of the "sick" family member!)The many dilemmas stem one from another down our illogical cascade of decision-making (far from evidence based) A wise old colleague once told me that doctor's families get the best corridor consults and the best intensive care admissions but everything in between is a disaster.Would that we remember that next time a family member decides they are "ill".