A Doctor’s Advice To His New Patients
As a doctor, I see many hundreds of patients every week. I
am very happy being a doctor, and nothing is more satisfying to me as a
professional than to help a childless couple finally have the baby they have
always wanted. However, when it comes to being my patient, there are some
things that a patient has to understand about the kind of doctor I am.
I am a doctor, and as a medical professional and I am expected to do things
like examine patients, interpret test results, and recommend treatments. However, I am a doctor who
believes in patients doing as much as they can to help me to treat them. The
reason why I say that a patient needs to help me is because I want the patient
to understand exactly what is wrong with them, so together we can work on
resolving the problem. With this in
mind, I want my new patients to understand that they need to do more than just
sit on my table looking at me with a blank stare. I am going to ask my patients
do to things like interpret their own results, and explain their condition to me in their
own words.
Many patients are taken aback when I ask them in
participate in their treatment , because they are not accustomed to a doctor asking them for their opinion ! This is a concept which is still very foreign to India, where the traditional doctor still adopts a very paternalistic role. However , I want my patients to understand that I cannot
help them without their full and complete understanding of what is wrong with
them. M...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs