Why is medical terminology important in the health care profession?
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What could a medical professional do to help the patient understand? How could you ensure that the patient does understand exactly?
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What could a medical professional do to help the patient understand? How could you ensure that the patient does understand exactly?
August 27th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
They could explain their diagnosis and recommended treatment in lay terms that the average person will understand. And then they can ask, “Do you have any questions that I can answer for you about this condition?” Many people are so intimidated by doctors that they meekly accept a diagnosis without asking to have it written down or explained. Then they go to some online forum and ask, “The doctor says I have Crohns disease. What is it? Am I going to die?” So many people are so frightened of hospitals and cancer that they’d rather ignore a potentially serious condition and hope it goes away than visit a doctor and actually get some answers. Amaretta