In a recent email exchange, the physician I was corresponding with wrote “many people [that] go to see doctors are not engaged in their health.” My normal reply would have been “what do you mean not engaged…these people wouldn’t be in the doctor’s office if they...
Patient & Clinician Role Issues
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The Traditional Patient “Sick Role” Is A Major Barrier To High Quality Health Care
Each of us wears many different “hats” throughout the course of the day. We are an employee, a wife, a father, a club member, a consumer and so on. It comes as no surprise that our thinking, what we say, and how we say it at any particular time coincides with the...
One More Reason Patients Ask Doctors So Few Questions
[tweetmeme source=”Healthmessaging” only_single=false]The most popular post on my blog is entitled Five Reasons Why People Do Not Ask Their Doctor Questions. Well it seems there is a sixth reason. The Reason? I am forever reminded of this when I see my retinal surgeon...