Getting back to medical stuff for a moment, I've been thinking more about this concept of "power" lately ... and how it relates to communication ... maybe my recent sociology reading is affecting me?
... anyway, here are a few (at least for me) thought-provoking articles/posts:
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"Unlearning Our Helplessness — Coexisting Serious Mental and Medical Illness"
Lisa Rosenbaum, M.D.
N Engl J Med 2016; 375:1690-1694October 27, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms1610127
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1610127#t=articleBaggett notes, “The simple act of soaking feet inverts the traditional patient–physician power dynamic and conveys to patients we are there to serve them.”5
Baggett’s approach, like those of other clinicians who are devoted to helping these patients, essentially affirms our shared humanity.
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An interesting contrast ...
"What annoys you about doctors?"
Bas Kirmani, Emergency doctor
Updated Dec 26 2016
https://www.quora.com/What-annoys-you-about-doctorsFor patients, here is the terrifying truth; climbing up the ladder has very little to do with what you need, want, or expect.
The stuff your doctor needs to do to be a successful doctor has not only very little to do with you, often you are getting in the way.
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After some of the things that I've been through, many of this man's posts really resonate with me ...
Dariusz Galasiński
"The right not to talk"
22 Oct 2016
http://dariuszgalasinski.com/2016/10/22/the-right-not-to-talk/Sometimes, I don’t want to navigate through the narrative
you assume the most important communicative right – right to start (and also probably end) communication. This, in fact, tells me a lot about your power
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"Speaking constructively"
07 Aug 2017
http://dariuszgalasinski.com/2017/08/07/speaking-constructively/The way I see it is that when I am asked to be ‘constructive’, I am really asked to be respectful. After all, I am addressing the royalty, I mean, the doctors, the crème de la crème of the society, so, I should address them with a slightly bent knee, gratefully genuflecting as I write.
For me in order to be constructive, I need to be acknowledged as a partner.
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"Difficult patients"
12 Aug 2017
http://dariuszgalasinski.com/2017/08/12/difficult-patients/#more-1422And still there was something off….So, let’s have a look at how the author writes about patients
I started looking at the differences and it suddenly struck me. Patients are nasty, doctors are overworked.
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