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| shawnsmith |
Posted - 09/28/2013 : 16:41:51
For many Canadian doctors, managing pain is 'not a high priority'
Focus is on medical advances, not the treatment of chronic pain, says McGill researcher
By Chris Wodskou, CBC News Posted: Sep 27, 2013
http://www.cbc.ca/news/for-many-canadian-doctors-managing-pain-is-not-a-high-priority-1.1870933 |
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| tennis tom |
Posted - 09/29/2013 : 08:36:42
Thanks for the article Shawn, I would say when you see a doc, who is part of a large impersonal medical/industrial/governmental health care system, there is very little likelihood that the doc will view you as a human-being and have any EMPATHY for your PAIN. He is unlikely to see you on an ongoing basis or ever again. A waitress at an interstate truck stop will likely have more empathy for you, her malpractice insurance is lower and works for tips.
You are just a bundle of body parts going down the "heath care" conveyor line. My mechanic shows more bedside manner for my car, but he sees it every 6,000 miles or once a year for an oil change and has established rapport with it and they've bonded. There's no money in it for a doc to take the time out of his busy schedule to have a cup of coffee with you to get familiar with your emotional flora and fauna.
G'luck! |
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