Doctor-patient relationship

The patients at the Psychiatric Healthcare Facility were put under increased stress today because they had their environment changed. The floor needed to be stripped and the patients were sent to the gym for the day while this was being done. This type of change can cause acute anxiety for some and while decrease anxiety for others because some patients get bored of being confined to just one place. There are different levels of anxiety ranching from mild, moderate, severe and panic. As the…

Currently, I work in the psychiatric emergency department. Our patients’ ages range from toddlers to adults. Some of the frequent diagnoses we see are: bipolar disorder, suicidality, psychosis, anxiety, schizophrenia, and obsessive compulsive disorder. These patients can be very challenging and often have complex medical comorbidities such as cancer, diabetes, cardiac problems, and other medical problems. My job is to triage our patients and make sure that they are medically suitable to speak…

A physician’s primary responsibility is to provide patients with the best treatment and communicate openly with them regarding their condition. In the scenario presented, Dr. Edwards examines a patient who is presenting with a cough, shortness of breath, and blood in his sputum. The patient was previously examined eight months ago for the same symptoms by Dr. Edward’s colleague who is now on medical leave. Dr. Edwards orders an x-ray and blood tests. The radiologist report concludes the…

‘contributing to medication incidents were interruptions by patients and relatives’ therefore it is vital that the patients and relative know that the nurse is on the drug round, this can be done by wearing the red tabards that has the message drug round in progress, do not disturb embroidered on it. Take the medication and prescription chart to the patient, check the patient’s identity with the prescription chart by asking the patient their full name and date of birth, also check the patient’s…

volumes. Medical professionals are tasked with knowing what is right for their patients and carrying out their plan of care, most often this includes diagnostic testing followed by treatment to improve or correct the condition which has caused them to seek medical care in the first place. There will also come a time when a decision must be made as to whether continuing treatment still holds beneficial value for their patient or if it has reached the point of medical futility. It is at this point…

same relationship with patients that I was fortunate enough to have with my own physician. I had the same family physician since I was born until I moved for college. My physician-patient relationship was cultivated on shared decisions and frequent communication throughout my youth and early adulthood. The environment my physician created made me feel secure because of the time and effort he spent to discuss potential health issues and to provide the best solutions. Such high level of patient…

providing quality healthcare. As cliché it might sound, if any physician in any physician office fails to do so, all the other experience of the clinic visit simply cannot make up the deficiency patient felt from not getting quality care. I would recommend all the office staff to internalize the concept of ‘patient first.’ I would recommend support staff to own the project and constantly research and innovate new ideas of improving the non-clinical individual experience. As for physicians, my…

healthcare worker to view patients as important human beings that have a variety of necessities not just physical, but spiritual and emotional. The nurses and doctors in the GI lab have such an amazing way of interacting with every patient. They assess their emotional and spiritual well-being before starting the procedure. They demonstrate a passion for making sure the patient is comfortable and is treated with fairness. One of the patient’s was nervous, however the nurses and doctor took the…

He points to the covenant and inequality that exist from the fact of illness in physician-patient relationship as the unique elements that distinguishes ethic of medicine from the ethics of other professions: “They must enter a relationship of inequality because the health professional possesses the knowledge and skill the patient needs. Thus when well persons become ill, by that very fact, they become patients—vulnerable, suggestible, and exploitable. They experience a change in existential…

ultimate decision-maker in a person's care. He concludes that both patient and doctor should work together in order to ensure that the patient's best interests are in mind. Additionally, he details the case of one young woman, whose skin infection turns out to be caused by aggressive life-threatening bacteria. He discusses how, in this case, the logical course of action would have been the wrong one, and the difficulties doctors face in each…