I understand that doctors cant always take a patients hunch as a reason to test them medically because of the cost... but at the same time I'm not sure how they cant, when the cost to the patient can be their life if it was infact something serious... I guess it just really saddens me that our health care system is run on a budget... that when it comes right down to it, it is about money. Have we not always been taught that you cannot put a price on a human life.. yet it seems as though we do. For example, we value the lives of the yung over the lives of the elderly. It is much easier for a 20 year old to get a knee replacemant than a 70 year old, I think this is partly due to the fact that they 20 year old is still seen as productive within the economy and the 70 year old is likely retired and recieving pension.. so they are already a burden (I dont actually think they are but I think many ppl do).... But why is the quaulity of life of one person put above that of another?
On Aug 21, 11:21 pm, "Lewis MehlMadrona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's because western medical training teaches us to dismiss or ignore what > patients think and say. We have to be the final arbiters of truth and > validity. We never or rarely ask people what they think is wrong. > > Lewis > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Zazoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Your boyfriend has every right to be angry. The doctor was arrogant > > which cost his mother her life. My heart goes out to him. > > > I had a very good friend die last year from a heart attack. He was 47 > > and was seeing his doctor because he was having difficulty catching > > his breath. His brother who is four years older has had several heart > > ailments in which my friend explained to his doctor. None of this was > > taken seriously by the medical professionals he was seeing and he died > > suddenly at work while talking to a coworker. My regret was that we > > cancelled a dinner with him the week before he died because we had our > > own emergency medical problem ( my husband had an umbilical hernia > > thirty years ago and the whole operation was botch-he had a bad > > relapse which landed him in the emergency room.) > > > I also think that we feel that western medicine is a cure all, and > > it's not. Your boyfriends experience was (I feel) more of the doctors > > arrogance than anything. If the doctor took action immediately once > > his mother started having headaches again, and she still died, would > > he feel the same about western medicine? I know this is hard to > > determine when somone you love dies. > > > On Aug 21, 3:16 pm, adm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > After reading numerous posts I have noticed there seems to be a theme > > > of self-blaming if treatment/medication is not successful. This may be > > > true, but I find there also exists a theme of blaming of the doctors > > > by family members when treatment fails. My boyfriend's mother died of > > > cancer, he and his brothers have all lost faith in western medicine > > > and doctors. He feels as though she was neglected by the health care > > > system, she had surgery to remove her brain tumour and was assured > > > they had gotten it all, that she was well on her way to remission. > > > His mother began to get headaches again and told her doctor about it > > > but he didn't take her complaints seriously, he was confident they had > > > gotten all of the tumours out successfully and not to worry. His > > > mother knew her body and so she persisted. By the time she received a > > > MRI her brain had become so riddled with tumours there was nothing > > > left to do. My boyfriend's mother was a nurse, she worked side by > > > side with doctors, yet she didn't have a strong enough relationship > > > with her own doctor for him to take her concerns seriously... My > > > boyfriend's mother died ten years ago, and he's been to the doctor > > > only when his leg was broken and when he was rushed to the hospital > > > with a collapsed lung. He refuses to take any sort of pain > > > medication... he has no faith in modern day medicine. I think he > > > holds a lot of resentment towards doctors still... I am hoping I can > > > get him to read coyote healing, if he does not trust the biomedical > > > model of treatment I hope he will find trust in holistic > > > alternatives. > > -- > IMPORTANT WARNING: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it contain > CONFIDENTIAL information, including PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL HEALTH > INFORMATION which is intended for the use of the person to whom it is > addressed. If the reader of this e-mail/attachment is not the intended > recipient, employee, or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > reproduction, reading, or copying of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED > AND A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. If you received this e-mail in error, please > delete the related e-mail and all attachments and notify the sender > immediately (reply e-mail) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CulturalandTraditionalHealthandHealing" group. To post to this group, send email to culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ca/group/culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
