tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36711727.post374586337937300324..comments2023-09-24T10:01:42.089+01:00Comments on The KnifeMan: Point and Counter PointAlex Stokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05645998228285420107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36711727.post-81571032153395270222009-01-05T13:34:00.000+00:002009-01-05T13:34:00.000+00:00Butting in always welcome; this is a broad church....Butting in always welcome; this is a broad church.<BR/>There is, of course an issue with responsibility, but I worry we may be giving too much responsibility; the sins of ignorance and incompetance are very different, but produce the same outcome.<BR/>And I'm still nervous about 'dismissing' some aspects of medical practice as "PA stuff". As physicians, we should be proud to own all of medicine, even the bits we don't like...Alex Stokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645998228285420107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36711727.post-65400313104378964302009-01-04T03:23:00.000+00:002009-01-04T03:23:00.000+00:00Very well said.Very well said.scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36711727.post-76980651629324906142009-01-01T08:20:00.000+00:002009-01-01T08:20:00.000+00:00It wasn't actually in the ER that he rolled the ey...It wasn't actually in the ER that he rolled the eyes... but in his clinic/office. It's happened to my mom as well... often in our northern community, where over half of the population doesn't have a family physican, we have to. For example, we've been posted two hours away from where I lived 20 years. I still drive the 2 hrs up to see the doc when I need it, and then drive home. Something more seriously, I head to the local ER ... they are understanding in knowing that and I haven't had any problems with eye-rolling here. In fact, I usually feel stupid having to go but they've reassured me, being an area short of doctors and military wives and kids needing help, they'll do it. <BR/><BR/>I understand a lot of things can get missed dring what apepars to be a routine sore throat needing antibiotics that a PA can potentially miss. But, I think if a clinic was properly run... nurses doing nurse stuff, PAs doing PA stuff and docs going over doc stuff... I think there would be room for the PAs to go to the docs if they suspect a problem require further diagnosis... or, vice versa -- a doctor knowing what the PA is see, could check up on the patient too... it's everyone's responsibility for that patient from the time they enter that place, right?<BR/><BR/>I don't know. Perhaps I am an idealist! And, yea -- you're right -- the eye rolling can be done behind closed-doors which most of us are pretty sure docs/nurses do anyways.... <BR/><BR/>I got to do my share of eye-rolling when my doctor's wife came into the retail store I worked at during college, bought $1500 in back-to-school supplies for their seven children... acted snottily at me... and then, her husband made them return it almost all the next day because he didn't approve of her spending habits. <BR/><BR/>Hehe...<BR/><BR/>Hope you didn't think I was butting in on the subject but PAs are just becoming "a thing" accepted here, as well as nurse practioners. So, it's still very new for us (the patients) and them (the nursing and doctor staff). Give it ten years and see if it catches on here!anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338423904024230539noreply@blogger.com