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I’ll second how misguided that view of hospital care is. There is ALWAYS a treating team, always an admitting consultant/attending
by robbiep 5y ago
I’ll second how misguided that view of hospital care is. There is ALWAYS a treating team, always an admitting consultant/attending
- derefr 5y agoThen where exactly does the oft-cited kafkaesque nightmare of being "lost in the US hospital system" come from (with patients put in the wrong wards and forgotten for sometimes months; given inappropriate medications that doesn't end up recorded; tested repeatedly for the same problems because the test results were "lost"; etc.)?
- robbiep 5y agoJust because someone is responsible for you doesn’t mean the system works competently enough to make sure you receive only what you need in a timely manner