tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post1825212728327443350..comments2023-10-29T03:17:06.908-07:00Comments on Anonymous Doc: "But I Really Want The Surgery"Anon MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132292623854780366noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-48359720915506721442013-07-14T02:07:01.368-07:002013-07-14T02:07:01.368-07:00Gotta agree with anon doc here. The gist was that ...Gotta agree with anon doc here. The gist was that he explained that it was unsafe for surgery and the patient misconstrued it to be a scheduling problem. If the patient failed to understand that, bringing in platelets and clotting problems would only compound the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-48822129282929807872013-07-13T19:03:23.758-07:002013-07-13T19:03:23.758-07:00There are at least 2 levels of simplification in t...There are at least 2 levels of simplification in there, and at any rate, the patient's assumptions about scheduling conflicts were completely arbitrary. I'm not really sure why you would assume that this blog post contained an exhaustive list of every attempted explanation, or why you think that a poor explanation would lead someone from "may not be safe to operate due to a test" --> "we have a busy schedule"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-71679735545097585612013-07-13T16:59:42.339-07:002013-07-13T16:59:42.339-07:00The patient's quite right. Why the hell didn&#...The patient's quite right. Why the hell didn't you explain to them what the test results actually meant, in lay language?<br /><br />"The test results show you have low platelets, which means there may be a problem with your blood clotting. It's not safe for us to operate until we figure out what's going on. The first step is to repeat the blood test in case something simply went wrong with the first one."<br /><br />I think you intended to publish this as an example of a stupid patient, but all it really shows is that [i]you[/i] need "another doctor" to come in and give the explanations you should be giving.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559721137290332762noreply@blogger.com