tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post1866975070978154679..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: That old holism/reductionism thing . . .Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-1395571825918664222009-11-21T14:48:38.942-05:002009-11-21T14:48:38.942-05:00There is a story circulating around here, a true s...There is a story circulating around here, a true story that has been hyped up. <br /><br />French journo breaks arm (baaaad break) in the US. <br /><br />At Emergency, he is given a form with three boxes to tick and sign.<br /><br />Box one: I allow operation.<br /><br />Bow two: Only a cast please<br /><br />Box three: Do nothing. <br /><br />He asks the docs for advice. They refuse to give any, they might be using too much influence. It is up to the patient to decide. <br /><br />French Journo ticks ‘nothing’ box and calls friends, is on the next plane out, whimpering and screaming with pain, medicated, picked up at arrival in Paree by an ambulance, to the hosp. where they operate on the arm.<br /><br />AnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-89004524387332594432009-11-17T17:14:59.506-05:002009-11-17T17:14:59.506-05:00Doctors who focus on the checklist may end up fail...<i>Doctors who focus on the checklist may end up failing to treat patients as people, failing to listen and respond humanely, and might even make diagnostic errors because they don't take an adequate history or appreciate people's social context.</i><br /><br />isn't that the truth?kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com