Hospital – Science, Cancer and Medicine

Let’s get rid of “patients”

Patients, passive users or active participants?

But doctor, what are the possibilities?

Biases, decision-making and patient care. Why doctors can’t tell you all the information or unbiased opinions. Ask your doctor for more information.

I set up a substack newsletter. I’m really excited to write more about how “HOW TO (NOT) BE A BETTER PATIENT”. This will be a biweekly newsletter. Check it out here if you like this topic. My blog at http://www.manivenkatesan.com will be about more wide-ranging topics, kind of like a personal diary. Get in touchContinue reading “Substack”

#6 How to be a better patient – How to prepare for your doctor’s appointment (part 2)

A good doctor will try to guide the patient in communicating their physical complaints. At the same time, the patient also has the responsibility to communicate all relevant aspects of their illness. This is what you can do to help your doctor make the correct diagnosis:

#4 How to be a better patient – What to do when you have a complaint?

Imagine you’re a patient with extreme pain and you therefore go to A&E (i.e. emergency room) in the hospital. Here you are sat down and not helped for hours. Or imagine you have had a very bad experience with a healthcare professional (doctor, nurse or whoever else in the hospital). What would you do?

#1 How to be a better patient – an intro

In this blog post series “How to be a better patient”, I’ll try to discuss the following things:
1. How to communicate more effectively with healthcare providers 2. Which medical alarm symptoms to be aware off 3. How to reduce your risk of disease 4. The pitfalls of modern medicine. And much more…

My first week as a medical student in the hospital

For the most us (including me), the problem isn’t that we don’t have enough, the problem is too often we don’t spend it well…