- The information and training that the doctor imparts should be highlighted, since he is the one who has the knowledge about the disease and the correct way to treat it.
- A doctor on Twitter opened an interesting thread about how urgent it is to educate the patient.
- Calling on his colleagues to invest a little more time in medical consultation on this topic.
A doctor on Twitter opened an interesting thread about how urgent it is educate the patientcalling on his colleagues to invest a little more time in medical consultation on this topic.
“The one with the blue box” “The little yellow pill” “The one with a little slot and it’s round”
“I totally believe that the patient must be educated so that they know what they are taking and why, I always thought that someone who does not know what they are taking cannot comply with the treatment well”
“The one with the blue box”
“The little yellow pill”
“The one with a little slot and it’s round”I totally believe that the patient must be educated so that they know what they are taking and why, I always thought that someone who does not know what they are taking cannot comply with the treatment well. https://t.co/6I0ciXz1Ii
— Lolita 💚 💛 (@SoleBrando) September 23, 2020
Educate patients on health
The information and training that the doctor provides should be highlighted, because it is he who has the knowledge about the disease and the correct way to treat it.
But also, he may be the one who alters trust, by not providing enough information to his patient or by using a unintelligible technical languagegenerating doubts, which in many cases, will be resolved by people with little training in the subject, such as pharmacy salespeople, who do not have the ideal knowledge, but do have enough time to listen to the user.
On the other hand, many patients treat doctors poorly because of their social construction and ill-founded expectations regarding their recovery and doctor’s obligationsunaware that the health system does not provide enough tools and supplies necessary to provide a good quality service.
Have doctors lost autonomy and respect in their profession?
Additionally, in our country, doctors have lost autonomy and respect in their profession, since the system restricts the time of attention, with which, it is not possible to carry out adequate follow-up, or provide sufficient information to clear the doubts of the patient. patient.
With this situation, the patient is predisposed to inappropriate and aggressive attitudes.
Any disagreement between doctor and patient It negatively affects care and influences the patient’s progress despite receiving adequate treatment.
As a consequence of the poor doctor-patient relationship has been a higher rate of self-medication, late attendance at health centers by the sick patient and non-adherence to medical treatment. Carrying with it an increase in morbidity, drug resistance, inadequate monitoring of diseases and high treatment costs.
However, it is not only due to the poor doctor-patient relationship, other factors are also involved:
- Too much misinformation on the internet
- Pharmacists willing to sell drugs without restriction
- The beliefs and traditions of patients
- The lack of credibility in health systems, among others.
With adequate communication, two important benefits would be achieved: a good doctor-patient relationship and provide clinical information appropriately. When patients are well informed and educated about their health and how to achieve better wellness, they recover more easily.
Which in turn benefits the doctor who wins as a professional and as a person: establishing a better relationship with the patient, he stresses less, is more satisfied with his work, will receive fewer complaints. Similarly, the health system benefits, because it generates fewer referrals and interconsultations and a preventive approach to health could be given, reducing costs.
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