One Strike, You’re Out!
Branje tega članka priporočam vsem! Prikaže pogled zdravnika iz tujine na zgodbo o strokovnih napakah.
To watch over your fellow human beings’ health is a tremendous responsibility, especially on the front lines of Primary Care. Every bellyache is a possible appendicitis, every headache a possible brain tumor, every case of indigestion a fatal heart attack, and every mole a potential melanoma. We have the technology to correctly diagnose these conditions, but can we use all of it in every situation? Does every bellyache require an exposure to the high doses of radiation of a CT scan or the risks involved in an exploratory laparotomy? Does every headache justify an MRI, and does every case of indigestion warrant an admission to the cardiac intensive care unit to rule out a myocardial infarction?
Is it humanly possible to never ever be wrong? And if we punish mistakes by barring doctors from practicing medicine, will there be enough doctors left to treat us? Is it possible to learn and gain experience without ever making a mistake in judgement? I have 63 small “birth marks” on my upper body. They all look harmless, but think of all the spots on all the people out there.
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Gume // Apr 27, 2009 at 11:03 am
Sem mnenja, da pri nas še večji problem prevzema odgovornosti za napako. Zgodi se napaka, noben pa ne prevzame odgovornosti… oziroma napaka se sploh ni zgodila. To me osebno malce moti. Tukaj bi morala zdravniška zbornica ustrezno ukrepati. Pri zadnjih primerih ni.
2 Andrej // Apr 28, 2009 at 7:10 am
Ni problem prevzemanja odgovornosti za napake samo v zdravstvu. Če imamo predsednika, ki ne sprejme odstopa zaradi nesmiselno porabljenega denarja, potem vemo v kakšni državi živimo.
Sem pa objavil ta članek zaradi tega, da bi morda kdo pomislil, da lahko tudi zelo dobri zdravniki naredijo kdaj napako in da ta vprašanja niso tako preprosta, kot bi lahko sklepali po ogledu kakšnih Trenj ali branju članka s PopTV.
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