Posted by so on May 19, 2005, at 1:41:08
In reply to Re: I am so curious » so, posted by TofuEmmy on May 18, 2005, at 19:14:50
> and I can NOT understand what you are saying. Could you please try to explain in some way which Dumb Emmy can understand?I believe you that you don't understand what you read, but I wouldn't necessarily agree that you "can't" understand.
I'm saying that I would hope doctors during a decade of post-secondary academic training would develop the ability to communicate clearly and consistently, and in such a way that their words conform with their actions.
I'm saying I'm trying to sort out whether, when a doctor speaks to me, he or she is trying to convey useful information upon which I can make an informed decision or instead is trying to get me to perform a certain action.
> You are calling Dr Bob a senior level healthcare giver...because he's a pdoc at a college clinic?I'm saying a medical license is about the highest tier in the medical profession, short of public health positions such as surgeon general. I am clasifying all licensed physicians as senior level health care givers, as opposed to the majority of care givers who are PA's, nurses, technicians, aides and orderlies.
> and it bothers you that he is not specific enough in his posts to us?Specifically, it concerned me that his statement that he would block a username for two or three weeks did not cohere with his behavior, which apparently was to block a username indefinately.
> do I have that right? so this is about admin rules being vague in your opinion? is that accurate?
This is a specific incident that seems to reflect a pattern, at least in as much as my perception has discerned, in which physicians don't especially care whether their discourse with less prestigious individuals is coherent. The pattern seems to involve both this particular doctor and his peers. In the context of that pattern, this particular doctor administers a set of self-styled rules he will tell us about some time in the future, in addition to those he has already made up. It was running afoul of those ill-defined rules that led to my interest in his concern for performing as he stated he would. i.e. systematically unblocking people when he said.
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> That's your sole purpose for being here? To get clarification from Dr Bob on admin rules? But if you don't care to get any support from Babblers, why do you care about the rules??The purpose of the site is support and uh .... uhm ... education? Is it okay that I better educate myself regarding the coherence of dialogue offered by medical professionals?
> Are you here to save us from ourselves? (I ask cuz we've had this happen before.....)
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> emmyCan I presume "us" and "ourselves" describes the subset of this group that doesn't share my concern about coherence of professional discourse?
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