tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post4872902586075775254..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Respect Often Absent in Hospital ERwilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-21997974398115030872013-10-30T13:05:23.525-07:002013-10-30T13:05:23.525-07:00Well, probably not all hospitals, but clearly some...Well, probably not all hospitals, but clearly some. Which shouldn't be. Soon as they start doing this to you, seek legal help immediately. Bring this up with the agencies of law, or at least those who are well-acquainted with it. This really shouldn't pass. Hospitals are places for healing, not dismay.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.craigswapp.com/utah/" rel="nofollow">Tracy @ Craig Swapp</a> Tracy Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17695213266707478479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-69889523419389723802013-10-17T10:33:00.524-07:002013-10-17T10:33:00.524-07:00I agree. Getting examined in the ER shouldn’t be l...I agree. Getting examined in the ER shouldn’t be like a lab specimen inspection. While you should acquire information about past conditions that may be relevant to the injury at hand, there is such a thing as overdoing it. And while it may be hard for nurses who are sometimes on round-the-clock shifts, they should really keep their cool, especially when dealing with disheveled patients and relatives. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.ushealthworks.com/Sacramento-North-Center.html" rel="nofollow">Liberty</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421677539540786627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-48449968589518971452013-10-16T02:53:46.179-07:002013-10-16T02:53:46.179-07:00Moose, Yes, curiosity needs to be based on reason....Moose, Yes, curiosity needs to be based on reason. When a stranger wants to know why I use a wheelchair I always ask why do you want to know. Most people rude enough to ask have no actual reason for wanting to know. william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-72502983586904451472013-10-15T06:14:50.052-07:002013-10-15T06:14:50.052-07:00Curiosity is fine but there needs to be some thoug...Curiosity is fine but there needs to be some thought behind it.<br /><br />It's one thing for a doctor to say, "Hey, do you mind answering some questions about [...]?" or, once, "There are some med students here, would you mind if I let them come in so they can have some practical experience with [...]?"<br /><br />A milder version of the other side is the time I had an apparently large nasal polyp. Before I left I think everyone in a white coat in a ten mile radius had poked their way up my nose to have a look, and not one of them asked first!<br />Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-64835013210074700292013-10-15T04:22:34.292-07:002013-10-15T04:22:34.292-07:00Moose, I understand the inappropriate questions as...Moose, I understand the inappropriate questions asked by physicians. Doctors are often curious people, the disabled body is different, and they work within a medical model of disability. Add in we people with a visible disability represent the limits of medical care and a what should be a routine encounter becomes laden with all sorts pit falls. None of this however is an excuse for idle curiosity. I got angry with a dentist once because he was asking way too many questions about paralysis and I finally had to cut him off by pointedly asking how were the questions related to dental care.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-23391412329423499582013-10-14T20:44:19.087-07:002013-10-14T20:44:19.087-07:00My favorite is when I'm screaming in pain whil...My favorite is when I'm screaming in pain while being lectured that "you wouldn't be disabled if you only got weight loss surgery".<br /><br />I get this in regular doctors offices, too. No, really, Doctor, I'm here for an ear infection. I don't think weight loss is going to help that, nor do I think whether I'm disabled has any effect on my ear canal. <br /><br />Incidentally, I have been sending corrections, mostly typos and grammar issues, to the Not Always [Whatever] people. They've been updating as I send. This exact NAW post was in my last note to them, for their use of "confined to a wheelchair". My message says, "Whether the original poster wrote it this way, this is language that is demeaning to the disabled. Mobility devices are used to free the disabled from being 'confined' to one location, offering freedom. A better way to say that might be, 'uses a wheelchair'." Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.com