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An alarming sign of the times for religion. Spirituality and religion seems not to be a top priority for a large percentage of the dying in Britain. Spiritual preparation should be a key component but it seems it is not on the forefront for many when facing death
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Steps for Discussing Alternative Treatments With Your Patients
Numerous doctors hold to the motto that science comprises the driving force behind a proper understanding of medicine. This attitude in the medical community ultimately leads patients to losing faith and trust in the modern medical community. The situation becomes one where doctors drive their own patients away with the “My way or the highway” approach to healthcare. Fortunately, numerous physicians see the folly of this approach and actively seek to learn more about the alternative medical treatments with which their patients are experimenting. Instead of dismissing a patients efforts as pure rubbish, a better approach will lead a physician to develop steps to effectively discuss the hazards as well as the legitimate results arrived at through the use of alternative treatments.
Step 1: Having an Open Mind
A major disconnect between doctors and patients arises when doctors’ beliefs about medicine clash with their patient’s beliefs about medicine. Doctors pride themselves as being professionals that belong to the scientific community. The idea that healing occurs beyond the realm of known scientific reasons will often be a sore point of contention. When a patient gets a more favorable result than their doctor, through the use of an alternative treatment, the typical professional reaction dismisses such a result as a placebo effect; however, to automatically jump to such an unwarranted conclusion tends to betray the very scientific basis on which doctors rest their credentials. Testable claims, not arbitrary assumption, comprises the true framework of science. A doctor should always remember that tangible results will speak far louder to the patient than the physician’s credentials; hence, an open mind becomes the by default basis for a healthy dialog with an unconventional patient.
Step 2: Acknowledge the Reality of Bad Science in the Medical Field
The term “science” simply fails to bear the weight it used to carry in the past. Patients go online and read scientific journals and medical blogs alike. It is easy for patients to access the latest information on debates like the questionable science behind certain popular medical theories which have since been proven wrong. The science behind such a theory actively reaps opposition from physicians themselves. Examples like that will fuel the fire behind why a patient will seek for alternative treatments. As a physician, you must be prepared to understand that patients using alternative medicine harbor legitimate concerns about Western medical practices raised by physicians themselves.
Step 3: The Secret to Opening a Patient up About Alternative Treatments.
If a physician wants a patient to talk about the alternative treatments they use, simply ask. In fact, let the patient know that their doctor is one of them. It really will not kill a doctor to try some supplements, massage therapy, or other form of complementary alternative medicine. Often, physicians who try some of these alternative approaches actually find they like the results they get, too. It is simply easier to get patients to talk about their experiences with alternative medicine, if they genuinely believe that their doctor has given these alternative approaches a fair shake.
Step 4: Delivering the Bad News
Once a patient has filled their doctor in on some of the alternative treatments they have tried, they will be in a far better position to help a patient see why certain alternatives do more harm than good. Make it a point to not judge the patient. Rather, commend them for taking an active interest in their health before explaining why a given alternative medical practice could be dangerous or noneffective. A medical records administrator with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management says it’s important to record any and all alternative treatments a patient has undergone, as these could be relevant to future treatments. Try to understand that many patients have seen the laundry list of side effects conventional drugs cause on television commercials and seek to avoid these outcomes with alternative approaches when possible. Their intellect drives them to avoid these outcomes. To ignore that reality means a physician does not have a grasp on why their patients are so reluctant to talk about alternative treatments in the first place.
Conclusion
The medical community built itself on a foundation of research and clinical testing. Despite this advantage, common diseases and epidemics still abound. Patients today exhibit an awareness of this unavoidable reality. Some even see it as a major failure on the part of physicians and the pharmaceutical companies alike. This attitude, by those who prefer complementary alternative medical treatments, will continue to persist until physicians do what is necessary to erase the skepticism and lacking trust that abounds towards the medical industry as a whole.
About the Author: Marlena Stoddard is a freelance writer who received her BA from the University of Georgia.
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We are usually pretty hesitant to even hint at categorizing, labeling or classifying grief. There are so many different grief responses that can and should be considered ‘normal’ and no two people will have the exact same feelings and experiences after a death, not even those from the same family, region, religion, or culture.
Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com
We all grieve differently but within the paradigms of grief itself. But genders do play a role. Some are more how we are wired others are socially constructed. This article looks at male, female and blended ways people grieve.
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If you are not trying to have a baby, then you may never know you miscarry. Yet many couples are proactively trying to become pregnant. They may be in denial about how many miscarriages actually occur.
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One of the most horrid types of loss is a still birth. The loss of a child with the trauma of delivering a dead child. This trauma is intense. This article looks at 9 ways to respond to the grief of stillbirth
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More and more people want to learn how to practice mindfulness meditation. This is wonderful, really, because the practice brings many benefits directly to individuals and, through them, to society at large.
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Good article about who should teach meditation. Meditation is not a licensed profession so technically anyone can teach it. However, being well versed, educated and respected in the field is key too. A certification as a Meditation Instructor can also add to your knowledge but also give you recognition within the field and respectability among potential clients.
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The quality of life you live and your ability to do the meaningful things you set out to will depend almost entirely on the decisions you make. Here’s one more small set of tools to use to make sure your choices are the best ones possible.
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Stress can make us or break us. Making wise decisions under stress can be a great gift. Good leaders are always cool under pressure and are able to find a way out despite the stress. This article gives some insight how to better make decisions while under stress
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I have been thinking about the limitations of language a lot lately, specifically when it comes to grief. When you write and talk about grief as much as we do at What’s Your Grief, you become acutely aware of the ways in which language sometimes fails.
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Good article from “Whats Your Grief” about the limited language for grief and how we try to express ourselves and put words to the emotion we are experiencing. Enjoy the article
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What do we want to do right when we witness the world go sideways? So many of us dig deep and desire to respond, act and maybe even make a difference. I know, I get that more than many, as I work with families on the brink of crisis
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Social and communal grief can enrage a community. We have seen this in the recent police killings–some that were justified and others that were not. In cases, communal grief can be utilized in a healthy fashion or grief can turn into rage and anger which it is known to do. This is discounting the the thieves and thugs who have no interest but are merely looking for a reason to break things.
With this in mind, how can we help communities better express their grief?
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Drivers with impulsive, angry personality characteristics are more likely than other drivers to engage in the kind of belligerent driving that potentially leads to accidents, a new study confirms. These conclusions could be used in designing more effective traffic safety publicity campaigns, authors say.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com
Aggressive driving and road rage come from more impulsive and angry personality characteristics,
Rage and anger in a car are the most dangerous places it can be where split second emotional reactions and have life long lasting scars
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Two weeks ago my husband was playing with our dog, Amos, when he felt a lump – a huge lump – on his side. When I say huge, I mean a humongous golf-ball sized lump that came out of nowhere. Seriously, nowhere; a few days before there was nothing and then suddenly there’s this enormous lump.
Source: www.whatsyourgrief.com
A good article about considerations we need to take into play when grieving the loss of a pet. The loss of a pet is a serious blow to people who have a strong connection with their pet. Pets are family!
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