RobinP
07-06-2006, 04:43 PM
What the Timeonline says makes a good patient... Fair article; however, they forgot to mention patient self advocacy.
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1186585,00.html
What I think additionally makes a good patient, at least in terms of the patient theirself, is one that watches their back for medical errors.Boy, oh boy how do I know after getting burned with a misdiagnosis. See why Doctors hate being patients, very interesting article on that concerning medical errors etc...
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1186553,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1186585,00.html
What I think additionally makes a good patient, at least in terms of the patient theirself, is one that watches their back for medical errors.Boy, oh boy how do I know after getting burned with a misdiagnosis. See why Doctors hate being patients, very interesting article on that concerning medical errors etc...
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1186553,00.html