Monday, January 31, 2005
Medicaid
There's a reason I've been so quiet lately, and it's because I don't trust myself to write...
I need some time to think about things, to calm down, to let the disappointment fade a little.
And then I shall write - just a little - about the Patients Right to Choose.
And about why Paternalistic medicine is unethical, unsound, and undesirable.
And about how "cultural differences" are applied as a blanket cop-out term in South East Asia - or at least in Singaland - so that doctor's have a convenient excuse not to do what they're supposed to the most : empathise with their patients.
We are not doctors here. We are not nurses. We are not parameds.
We are medical technicians. Healthcare providers. Service providers.
Highly-paid prostitutes - and not even that highly paid.
I need to simmer for a while and think about things.
Deep breaths.
I need some time to think about things, to calm down, to let the disappointment fade a little.
And then I shall write - just a little - about the Patients Right to Choose.
And about why Paternalistic medicine is unethical, unsound, and undesirable.
And about how "cultural differences" are applied as a blanket cop-out term in South East Asia - or at least in Singaland - so that doctor's have a convenient excuse not to do what they're supposed to the most : empathise with their patients.
We are not doctors here. We are not nurses. We are not parameds.
We are medical technicians. Healthcare providers. Service providers.
Highly-paid prostitutes - and not even that highly paid.
I need to simmer for a while and think about things.
Deep breaths.
