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	<title>Comments on: Patients don&#8217;t understand doctors&#8217; instructions</title>
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		<title>By: jerry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/business/2008/07/29/patients-dont-understand-doctors-instructions/comment-page-1/#comment-650</link>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You should probably change doctors.</description>
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		<title>By: mrcontroversy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/business/2008/07/29/patients-dont-understand-doctors-instructions/comment-page-1/#comment-616</link>
		<dc:creator>mrcontroversy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just wondering... are there any stats on doctors who aren&#039;t listening to their patients?
I know of at least one... mine.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wondering&#8230; are there any stats on doctors who aren&#8217;t listening to their patients?<br />
I know of at least one&#8230; mine.</p>
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		<title>By: jerry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/business/2008/07/29/patients-dont-understand-doctors-instructions/comment-page-1/#comment-614</link>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JWInk, I strongly disagree. We do NOT need another government &quot;fix&quot;. If government wants to do something contructive, get rid of the laws that disallow small businesses to pool their resources for better benefit packages. Get some competition out there and let the free market reign.

When government saddles the medical community with medicare, medicade, HMO&#039;s, frivilous law suits and servicing the illegal alien community through emergency room visits this does not equate to &quot;medical doctors obviously choking the health pipeline system&quot;.

The more government jacks it up, the more they think they can fix it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JWInk, I strongly disagree. We do NOT need another government &#8220;fix&#8221;. If government wants to do something contructive, get rid of the laws that disallow small businesses to pool their resources for better benefit packages. Get some competition out there and let the free market reign.</p>
<p>When government saddles the medical community with medicare, medicade, HMO&#8217;s, frivilous law suits and servicing the illegal alien community through emergency room visits this does not equate to &#8220;medical doctors obviously choking the health pipeline system&#8221;.</p>
<p>The more government jacks it up, the more they think they can fix it.</p>
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		<title>By: JWink</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/business/2008/07/29/patients-dont-understand-doctors-instructions/comment-page-1/#comment-612</link>
		<dc:creator>JWink</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Basically, the doctor and patient relationship is broken.  Society needs a whole new way of accessing health care.  

One step would be if Wichita (and other metro areas) emphacized special training in and after high school for health care workers.  Instead Wichita is pandering by training aircraft workers which should be done by the aircraft companies themselves. 

Step two is to replace &quot;medical doctors&quot; with &quot;medical applicators.&quot;  M.A.&#039;s would be people who work their way up the health applications ladder to reach various designations along the way.  

Medical doctors obviously have choked the health pipeline system to the point that very, very few people can obtain adequate medical care in the United States.  Amazingly people who belong to special socialized medicine groups such as employees insured by large corporations, university insured groups, and veterans ... can obtain better care.  Perhaps that points to the future of medical care.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Basically, the doctor and patient relationship is broken.  Society needs a whole new way of accessing health care.  </p>
<p>One step would be if Wichita (and other metro areas) emphacized special training in and after high school for health care workers.  Instead Wichita is pandering by training aircraft workers which should be done by the aircraft companies themselves. </p>
<p>Step two is to replace &#8220;medical doctors&#8221; with &#8220;medical applicators.&#8221;  M.A.&#8217;s would be people who work their way up the health applications ladder to reach various designations along the way.  </p>
<p>Medical doctors obviously have choked the health pipeline system to the point that very, very few people can obtain adequate medical care in the United States.  Amazingly people who belong to special socialized medicine groups such as employees insured by large corporations, university insured groups, and veterans &#8230; can obtain better care.  Perhaps that points to the future of medical care.</p>
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		<title>By: jerry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/business/2008/07/29/patients-dont-understand-doctors-instructions/comment-page-1/#comment-609</link>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is the patient&#039;s responsibility. If they are unsure they need to ask (or request a translator).

We cannot idiot-proof society.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is the patient&#8217;s responsibility. If they are unsure they need to ask (or request a translator).</p>
<p>We cannot idiot-proof society.</p>
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		<title>By: bth</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/business/2008/07/29/patients-dont-understand-doctors-instructions/comment-page-1/#comment-607</link>
		<dc:creator>bth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s a tough one.  I would guess that the physician should give detailed WRITTEN instructions to both the patient and some sort of &#039;significant other&#039; or care-giver.  After all, the DR can&#039;t go home with the patient but hopefully he has some sort of companion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s a tough one.  I would guess that the physician should give detailed WRITTEN instructions to both the patient and some sort of &#8217;significant other&#8217; or care-giver.  After all, the DR can&#8217;t go home with the patient but hopefully he has some sort of companion.</p>
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