tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500936220214961312.post2300922062845163961..comments2023-10-02T04:06:53.185-04:00Comments on Brass and Ivory: Life with MS and RA: Google--Patient Empowerment or Patient Annoyance?Lisa Emrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862232056342347990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500936220214961312.post-63500920717049489392007-11-17T15:13:00.000-05:002007-11-17T15:13:00.000-05:00Thank you Trisha for your great commentary. I app...Thank you Trisha for your great commentary. I appreciate the work you do to enhance the doctor-patient relationship, especially by empowering the patient to advocate for himself.<BR/><BR/>To readers, if you haven't already, go check out Trisha's blog at <A HREF="EveryPatientsAdvocate.com/blog" REL="nofollow">EveryPatientsAdvocate/blog</A> where she brings commonsense and humanity to the healthcare debate.Lisa Emrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862232056342347990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500936220214961312.post-59503277374890853992007-11-14T16:50:00.000-05:002007-11-14T16:50:00.000-05:00Amen, Lisa. You've made some excellent points abo...Amen, Lisa. You've made some excellent points about Dr. Haig's commentary on patients who google. <BR/><BR/>It makes perfect sense to me that a doctor would not want to work with a patient who he feels is going to second guess him at every turn. That said, I also think he "read" the patient wrong. They didn't conflict because she had learned so much about her malady on the internet -- they conflicted because she was abrasive. That's her personality and not her background work.<BR/><BR/>The real problem here, as I see it, is that Dr. Haig doesn't get that the patient is there for his expertise -- she is PAYING him for his expertise. She isn't there to put a smile on his face, or to feed his ego. She's not there to hang on his every word. <BR/><BR/>She should be there to collaborate. Together THEY should find answers to help her.<BR/><BR/>I think Dr. Haig has raised some good questions. I just think he needs to adjust his point of view to arrive at the real answers for problems that affect the doctor-patient relationship.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your post.<BR/><BR/>Trisha Torrey<BR/>EveryPatientsAdvocate.com/blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com