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It actually benefits you to have a doctor in the family who is there navigating and talking to the doctors. The doctors are more receptive to each other and lis
by nashashmi 6y ago
It actually benefits you to have a doctor in the family who is there navigating and talking to the doctors. The doctors are more receptive to each other and listen carefully. Otherwise you are just a number. And the doctors won't try so hard on patients who really don't have any understanding of medicine in the first place.
- bsder 6y ago> And the doctors won't try so hard on patients who really don't have any understanding of medicine in the first place. I have never found this to be the case. Generally, if I was fighting with a doctor, it was because he was trying to be too aggressive and do too much, not too little.
- nashashmi 6y agoClarification : Doctors won't try so hard to do thorough testing of the patient nor would they take a deep look to assess all symptoms. But if they feel you know medicine or are capable of understanding medicine or have a drive to learn more about your condition, then they will try harder, do more tests, ask more questions, etc.
- isolli 6y agoMy wife went to the ER (in Manhattan) with septicemia a week after giving birth. She was left lying on a stretcher for 17 hours without as much as water to drink before they finally "found" a room for her. (Thankfully she recovered.) A few months later, a friend who works at the hospital told me: I wish you had called me, I could have gotten you a room. And I thought: this is just like a third world country, where you need connections to get basic care.
- koheripbal 6y agoYou are lucky. People in Quebec hospitals are left in hallways permanently, due to space issues - even before covid.