Thank you for your post and the JR-Huff link. You present relatable analogies.
Manic-depression and dementia are a linear inheritance on my maternal line. (Gap where TMI meets irrelevant personal storytimes...)
When terms are redefined in the clinical setting, the "interviewer's" questions tailored to support those definitions, the medicines multiplied to treat the compound condition, the additional meds to treat the fallout of using the new pharma miracle drugs, you are SOLD a big Rx carnival ride.
NZ and the USA must remove pharmaceutical ads from TV.
Audiences are learning with subliminal messaging to buy, buh-bye. That, or they are in the 3rd year med student syndrome: having every disease/condition they're studying.
Is that a logical conclusion, or did the medicinal tonic do me in?
Absolutely. Read “Saving Normal” by Allen Francis - who was an editor for one of the DSM versions. As a chronic non cancer and addiction specialist, I watched the “experts” who believed addiction couldn’t happen with opioids when treating “legitimate” chronic pain. Pharma duped them and they duped us. We will continue to be duped by fads, of which the current one is, until money is no longer a motivator.
I loved this post and remember those “Sybil” days well. But in mentioning your post to my hubby I was shocked to discover that he — who seldom slums it in social media — knew that Huff had been on Rogan! Looking forward to listening to that for myself.
I love your posts SOOOO much, but this one, in particular: I DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO FADS. ESPECIALLY as it relates to my child and his care. ESPECIALLY!!
It warrants mention, therefore, that I had an appointment with a different fixture in your practice UNTIL I received a pre-appointment questionnaire that asked "last minute" chart questions for patient information that happened to include the most voluminous fad questions I'd EVER seen in pre- appointment questionnaires, and it scared me so much that I canceled my child's appointment with your practice (until I read YOUR blogs, and decided it was worth giving you - SPECIFICALLY you) an opportunity to be our new pediatrician.
The questionnaire for your practice lists MORE PRONOUN CHOICES than I've EVER EVER seen. 😩😩😩 WHY???
It's only because I read your blogs that I trust seeing you in SPITE of that questionnaire that LITERALLY offers a selection of LITERALLY dozens of pronoun choices.
Can THAT "fad" lead be ditched by your practice, please? The offering is more than 2 genders is also "offered".
Again..... WHY?
I thankfully assume you're a mere victim to this questioning by your medical group.
Looking forward to meeting you, as I trust no other doc at this point to be a physician who practices based on ACTUAL science, as opposed to FADS.
Wow, that’s crazy. Can you please tell me more about the questionnaire, or send screen shots of it to me? The only new patient questionnaire I get on my end (and the same one I’ve filled out for my kids when they come here) is very short, 2 pages, first page has birth history/allergies/current meds and asks for names of parents/siblings, second page is a checklist where you check off known medical conditions (asthma, diabetes, etc). There’s no pronouns or gender stuff anywhere on the pages I see from new patients or the ones I’ve ever filled out for my kids. Very strange. Is the message from a service called CHADIS? Or is it when you log into the Healow app? Chadis and Healow are both 3rd party tools we use to communicate with patients, I wonder if maybe one of them recently made this change to their user interface or something? More info would help me investigate, thank you! All I can say is I’ve never ever seen anywhere in the patient info we use (name, vitals, illness, etc) anything about preferred pronouns!
Great post. Of course Geraldine brings to mind Flip Wilson 😂
Thank you for your post and the JR-Huff link. You present relatable analogies.
Manic-depression and dementia are a linear inheritance on my maternal line. (Gap where TMI meets irrelevant personal storytimes...)
When terms are redefined in the clinical setting, the "interviewer's" questions tailored to support those definitions, the medicines multiplied to treat the compound condition, the additional meds to treat the fallout of using the new pharma miracle drugs, you are SOLD a big Rx carnival ride.
NZ and the USA must remove pharmaceutical ads from TV.
Audiences are learning with subliminal messaging to buy, buh-bye. That, or they are in the 3rd year med student syndrome: having every disease/condition they're studying.
Is that a logical conclusion, or did the medicinal tonic do me in?
Absolutely. Read “Saving Normal” by Allen Francis - who was an editor for one of the DSM versions. As a chronic non cancer and addiction specialist, I watched the “experts” who believed addiction couldn’t happen with opioids when treating “legitimate” chronic pain. Pharma duped them and they duped us. We will continue to be duped by fads, of which the current one is, until money is no longer a motivator.
Brilliant post, and thank you for the link to the Huff interview.
I loved this post and remember those “Sybil” days well. But in mentioning your post to my hubby I was shocked to discover that he — who seldom slums it in social media — knew that Huff had been on Rogan! Looking forward to listening to that for myself.
Me also
I love your posts SOOOO much, but this one, in particular: I DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO FADS. ESPECIALLY as it relates to my child and his care. ESPECIALLY!!
It warrants mention, therefore, that I had an appointment with a different fixture in your practice UNTIL I received a pre-appointment questionnaire that asked "last minute" chart questions for patient information that happened to include the most voluminous fad questions I'd EVER seen in pre- appointment questionnaires, and it scared me so much that I canceled my child's appointment with your practice (until I read YOUR blogs, and decided it was worth giving you - SPECIFICALLY you) an opportunity to be our new pediatrician.
The questionnaire for your practice lists MORE PRONOUN CHOICES than I've EVER EVER seen. 😩😩😩 WHY???
It's only because I read your blogs that I trust seeing you in SPITE of that questionnaire that LITERALLY offers a selection of LITERALLY dozens of pronoun choices.
Can THAT "fad" lead be ditched by your practice, please? The offering is more than 2 genders is also "offered".
Again..... WHY?
I thankfully assume you're a mere victim to this questioning by your medical group.
Looking forward to meeting you, as I trust no other doc at this point to be a physician who practices based on ACTUAL science, as opposed to FADS.
Wow, that’s crazy. Can you please tell me more about the questionnaire, or send screen shots of it to me? The only new patient questionnaire I get on my end (and the same one I’ve filled out for my kids when they come here) is very short, 2 pages, first page has birth history/allergies/current meds and asks for names of parents/siblings, second page is a checklist where you check off known medical conditions (asthma, diabetes, etc). There’s no pronouns or gender stuff anywhere on the pages I see from new patients or the ones I’ve ever filled out for my kids. Very strange. Is the message from a service called CHADIS? Or is it when you log into the Healow app? Chadis and Healow are both 3rd party tools we use to communicate with patients, I wonder if maybe one of them recently made this change to their user interface or something? More info would help me investigate, thank you! All I can say is I’ve never ever seen anywhere in the patient info we use (name, vitals, illness, etc) anything about preferred pronouns!
Oops. DOCTOR.... not "fixture"
Fun post.
The new "Matlock" series on Paramount + is quite entertaining.
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