Docs don't like having patients make negative online comments about them (they may feel the comments are unfair or untrue, they may damage the doc's reputation, the docs may not feel that they are able to defend themselves, etc) ...
well, what's in the medical record is formal & we patients/caregivers don't have much power to control what gets written in it (we likely do not even know if it has started to turn "negative") ... lots of docs can see it and it can make them prejudge us as "problem" patients/caregivers before a new doc even meets us. It's unfortunate, but if a doc doesn't "like" us or "respect" us, then it can get real, it has the potential to impact care.
For ex .....
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"Don’t let our desire to be respected get in the way of our oaths"
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/12/dont-let-desire-respected-get-way-oaths.htmlOur hard-wired tendency to prejudge is unavoidable, so we need to recognize it in order for it not to control us.
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Re: Reviewing your (child's) medical records "A Difficult Patient" (Seinfeld - about medical chart)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ2msARQsKU--------------------------------------------
Tweeted by @HeartSisters
"The surprising way to stay safe in the hospital
Increase your odds by getting staff to listen and to treat you with respect"
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/02/the-surprising-way-to-stay-safe-in-the-hospital/index.htm--------------------------------------------
Anything that damages our relationship with other docs can lead to harm. Doc-patient relationships are already on the rocks, so no need to add to it with "warnings" about us pesky googlers.
Tweeted by @Farzad_MD
"Doctors Tell All—and It’s Bad
A crop of books by disillusioned physicians reveals a corrosive doctor-patient relationship at the heart of our health-care crisis."
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/doctors-tell-all-and-its-bad/380785/--------------------------------------------
one last thing which may seem obvious ... but problems with googlers often end up being worked out on the internet.
... yeah, for better or worse, I have now completely over-analyzed
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the clash". To be clear, it takes 2 to have a clash of that magnitude ... yes, I share the blame ...
live & learn ... and maybe save a few others from the same fate.
I think that I will leave off with an @AcademicsSay tweet:
I don't suffer from overthinking, I enjoy it. Depending on the context and how you define enjoy and overthinking.
I.am.finally.done.
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"Why we keep telling – and re-telling – our heart attack stories"
http://myheartsisters.org/2011/01/21/retelling-heart-attack-story/They integrate the traumatic experience into their identity
I have learned how “to talk about these experiences as an observer and learner, to confess mistakes, bad judgment, weaknesses, and laugh at myself!”