tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post6464164138459381687..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Risks of Remote-Controlled MedicineDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31252913537019663182012-05-15T01:43:38.588-05:002012-05-15T01:43:38.588-05:00Try Verghese on TED for another angle....Try Verghese on TED for another angle....Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56927545873392646762010-06-01T16:38:54.777-05:002010-06-01T16:38:54.777-05:00"That's what I'm talking about."..."That's what I'm talking about." Blogging 401. Bravo!!<br /><br />This is exactly how masters of the obvious feel when non-masters insert themselves into the delivery of medical care. <br /><br />JMMDrJohnMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912535474668244521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5063900444882930352010-06-01T11:52:52.172-05:002010-06-01T11:52:52.172-05:00This was really beautiful. Thanks for writing it.This was really beautiful. Thanks for writing it.#1 Dinosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357845504444464397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-3024354835683542532010-06-01T11:16:18.836-05:002010-06-01T11:16:18.836-05:00These faceless bodies, these bringers of new check...These faceless bodies, these bringers of new checklists, mandates certifications, technology and all of which seek to drive a wedge between the patient are so removed from the "bedside" (using it as a general term)that they have forgotten the basic human interaction that drives medicine. Nurses get wrapped up into this spiral as well, meds, checklists,. charting, technical tasky stuff Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29608014049880513302010-06-01T10:51:24.611-05:002010-06-01T10:51:24.611-05:00Wes,
You are so right! There is something to actu...Wes,<br /><br />You are so right! There is something to actually seeing patients face to face that in itself may be therapeutic; seeing someone who has been raised to an elevation in society by virtue of their degree and training that gives people hope. It is on the level of seeing the witch doctor or medicine man of the village where many of the treatments may or may not have validity, but it Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43191591010654646462010-06-01T10:46:39.240-05:002010-06-01T10:46:39.240-05:00Wes, you are describing the marginalization of the...Wes, you are describing the marginalization of the MD. A process facilitated by medical technology, health 2.0 and the institutionalization/centralization of health care. Nice post.Bryan Vartabedianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903850055771317764noreply@blogger.com