Member: brianhrogers

Originally? The poor medical care received by my own family members. Then my pre-med and EMT experiences. Then my own recent illness. Also, the horrible state of communication, that is often compounded in situations of incredible need like medicine. Much of my training as a counselor involved listening exercises. And through those exercises it become quickly apparent most of the time even in healthcare environments people are still just playing an advanced game of the childhood game "telephone". The messages get terribly distorted and contribute to cognitive error both on the diagnostic end and in documented response to treatment. If doctors aren't listening well we/they/I can't correct mistakes. Or even think of simple solutions that make a world of difference.

posted by mtartag at 11:52 am (EST) on Nov 18, 2008

I first read Kleinman in a seminar on Health Psychology. Very interesting stuff. But still largely experience as served up by the medical professional -- in pieces. It inspired me to seek more patient-voice oriented medical narrative. I'm sure you've seen but I have a collection of medical narratives under my "medicine" tag. You might be interested to check those out as well.

Best,
M

posted by mtartag at 10:08 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2008

Howdy. Thank you for adding me to your interesting library list. You seem to have quite the interesting library as well.

posted by mtartag at 8:11 am (EST) on Nov 16, 2008