tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post2522542748625197224..comments2023-10-29T03:17:06.908-07:00Comments on Anonymous Doc: Anon MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132292623854780366noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-47248682253656568242011-04-14T14:50:51.311-07:002011-04-14T14:50:51.311-07:00To me it's simple: tell the patient what the n...To me it's simple: tell the patient what the new tests would test for and stress that these are different tests from the tests they did on the other blood. Then let the patient decide whether she'd rather find out what the new tests say or give the blood. Let her balance her dislike of giving blood with her desire to know what's wrong with her. Maybe you have some kind of Hippocratic desire to give her the lifesaving test regardless of what she wants, but I'd let her decide.Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-12005371245217058302011-04-13T13:06:25.538-07:002011-04-13T13:06:25.538-07:00Oh, I hate that book. It's a quick, light read...Oh, I hate that book. It's a quick, light read, but it always gets suggested for this. Unless anondoc is treating an exclusively Hmong population, it's not going to have a lot of answers.<br /><br />Anondoc sounds like they already know that many different cultures bring their own approach to medicine. That's more valuable then any rote stereotypes you could memorize in med school. Even if they knew that some Eastern cultures believe that giving blood is giving up life energy, how would that change the fact that the patient needs a repeated blood draw?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-58299479360548062972011-04-13T10:27:41.132-07:002011-04-13T10:27:41.132-07:00the spirit catches you and you fall down by anne f...the spirit catches you and you fall down by anne fadimanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com