The public discussion I hear on medical mistakes, while not
uninterested in gross acts of inattention or incompetence, fundamentally
are principles of care issues. What form(s) of intervention, assessment or
observation is appropiate for the need(s) being shown by symptoms or
feelings of illness. Standard formulary answers applied to the merely
consenting patient appear to leave much of the public feeling and sensing
the actual healthcare they are receiving runs little beyond "take two
aspirins and call me in the morning" simply with different names on the
bottle (drug of choice). Medical mistakes include narrowness of thought
and approach, ignorance and/or disinterest in truly strengthening a
patients coping skills naming just two. Our healthcare system is
profoundly weak often in it's ordinary humanity, legitimate humility and
respect despite all it's careful mannerisms and formal politenesses.
Perhaps reporting on this would be beyond Mr. Clinton's scope of practice.
Rapid Response:
Principles of Care?
The public discussion I hear on medical mistakes, while not
uninterested in gross acts of inattention or incompetence, fundamentally
are principles of care issues. What form(s) of intervention, assessment or
observation is appropiate for the need(s) being shown by symptoms or
feelings of illness. Standard formulary answers applied to the merely
consenting patient appear to leave much of the public feeling and sensing
the actual healthcare they are receiving runs little beyond "take two
aspirins and call me in the morning" simply with different names on the
bottle (drug of choice). Medical mistakes include narrowness of thought
and approach, ignorance and/or disinterest in truly strengthening a
patients coping skills naming just two. Our healthcare system is
profoundly weak often in it's ordinary humanity, legitimate humility and
respect despite all it's careful mannerisms and formal politenesses.
Perhaps reporting on this would be beyond Mr. Clinton's scope of practice.
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