Posted by Jonathan on January 29, 1998 at 16:05:22:
In Reply to: Re: First Topic posted by Jonathan on January 29, 1998 at 16:02:32:
: : Using the four prototypes of patient/health care provider relationships, describe some real life examples of each. These examples can come from your own work experience or if you or someone in your family was a patient. What type of relationship did you or your family member have with the health care provider?
: I'll start first with the paternalistic patient. I am familiar with that type of patient because my mother is one. She was diagnosed with Cancer of the throat and liver last March and had an emergency tracheostomy. It was very interesting how she wanted to allow the physician to make the clinical decisions for her. Of course, I wouldn't allow this.
I think I would fit more in the consumerism catagory.