Patients are not total idiots!
Just catching up with this story thanks to Alexandra Fulford’s blog. Feeling frustrated, angered and deeply disappointed by the statement of Dr Niam Yaraghi in USA Today that “patients are are neither qualified nor capable of evaluating the quality of the medical services that they receive. “
Yesterday I read an awesome post by the MightyCasey in response to an astonishing post by a certain Niam Yaraghi in USA Today. According to said Niam Yaraghi patients are incapable of managing or understanding their own health and should leave it all entirely up the medical professionals. In essence in his article he treats patients like small, stupid children who have no idea what they are talking about and, whilst capable of making highly complicated investment decisions, are not capable of making basic healthcare decisions.
My first jaw dropping moment was when I read:
“Patients are neither qualified nor capable of evaluating the quality of the medical services that they receive. How can a patient, with no medical expertise, know that the treatment option that he received was the best available one?”
“……….” That’s me being speechless. Really? So we are not capable of realising that we are getting…
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I am so sick of the medical healthcare providers assuming that just because someone hasn’t been through medical school, that they do not have a clue about what is happening. I am a Physician Assistant and I always felt that it was job to educate the patients or the family of a sick child. After all, they are all supposed to be a team and informing the patients to the best of our ability in order that can remain autonomous and make their informed decisions for themselves of their little ones. Until our broken healthcare system begins to respect our patients, we are unable to repair it.
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Who is this idiot? I mean, seriously.
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I am living this nightmare currently. I have been seriously ill and primarily bedridden for rmore than three years due to untreated incapacitating illness. I had to dx myself with mast cell disease and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (because no one else seemed interested, motivated, or paid an appropriate fee). Some Physicians told me to go home and “accept my fate”….um, no thanks until l get quality medical care. I eventually self referred to a specialist, who confirmed my suspicions. Numerous other physicians confirmed dx. I have worked in healthcare for most of my adult life. I am a medi-cal patient and continually find my physicians and insurance provider acting unethically and illegally aka literally altering my medical records and deleting dx to avoid referral to appropriate out of network care. Two physicians have sent auth request for tx with POTS expert neurologist brent goodman at Mayo Clinic AZ. ALL treatment is rerouted to in network cardiology practice. I would welcome serious patient advocacy assistance. I am desperate for knowledgeable assistance. Please pm me on facebook. Teresa Glowacz Lipot.
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