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Reality Check
Jul. 29th, 2006 12:39 amAs much for myself as anyone one else who might read this at the latish hour it is.
Doctors are not perfect. They will, despite checking refernces, using calculators, and in every other way trying to do their best, make kistakes anyway.
This does not make them a bad doctor so long as they listen to the pharmacist when they question the dose, or the patient when they say something is not working or is having side effects. This makes them human.
And if you are lucky enough to find one who will admit to the mistake, apologize and correct it, then you are indeed lucky for doctors are a stiff-necked and arrogant breed.
Ask any questions you may have. If I state something you have said incorrectly, correct me. Feel free to question me until you understand what the treatment plan is, and what the next step will be. But don't expect perfection, because it doesn't exist except as an illusion, and I believe it is more important to be real with your patients that to pretend you are perfect.
Doctors are not perfect. They will, despite checking refernces, using calculators, and in every other way trying to do their best, make kistakes anyway.
This does not make them a bad doctor so long as they listen to the pharmacist when they question the dose, or the patient when they say something is not working or is having side effects. This makes them human.
And if you are lucky enough to find one who will admit to the mistake, apologize and correct it, then you are indeed lucky for doctors are a stiff-necked and arrogant breed.
Ask any questions you may have. If I state something you have said incorrectly, correct me. Feel free to question me until you understand what the treatment plan is, and what the next step will be. But don't expect perfection, because it doesn't exist except as an illusion, and I believe it is more important to be real with your patients that to pretend you are perfect.
