Comment on Why are doctors so hands off and unhelpful in the USA?

Boozilla@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Asidonhopo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Non-compliant patients who “do their own research” on the internet.

  In the US they advertise drugs directly to us, we’re expected to do our own marketing-guided research to speed along the transaction.

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• Hazor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They are too busy with the laptop to have much attention left for patients. I’m a nurse practitioner, and can confirm this: I spend at least half of my time tapping away at the computer, checking boxes, and completing often-redundant forms for insurance and regulatory compliance and whatnot. It’s really frustrating, and there’s a lot of room for improvement.

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• Wrench@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Also a very litigious society. Even if they mean well, going off the page and trying to figure out a “Haus” solution is just putting themselves at risk.

  They have to check all the boxes for your insurance. They have to check all the boxes for their own malpractice insurance. Even if they followed procedure, they might get dragged through the legal system to defend themselves if a client feels wronged.

  That turns you, the client, into a number in a dispassionated machine.

  And I don’t have a solution to it.

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