tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123819319548998095.post1303712595737595987..comments2023-11-29T02:27:42.928-06:00Comments on The Masks We Wear: That Other PurposeAekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12183623849361560922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123819319548998095.post-81750465297422283762010-03-26T19:04:52.315-05:002010-03-26T19:04:52.315-05:00i think working with any form of marginalised &quo...i think working with any form of marginalised "community" is an eye-opener and it really makes us open our eyes to what we take for granted and how sometimes we do things we don't intend to but it happens anyway. good work, Aek!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720766401766948632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123819319548998095.post-19168919796612637352010-03-24T21:10:39.643-05:002010-03-24T21:10:39.643-05:00The problem is that it's not just either/or. W...The problem is that it's not just either/or. When you treat the patient you are fighting the disease or condition.<br /><br />So you need both the knowledge of what effective treatments are available for HIV and the ability to care for those with HIV (or any other medical issue). I wonder if people still use the phrase "good bedside manner" to describe the latter.<br /><br />I've been fortunate that my doctors have all dealt with me as a person. Based on that, I think the vast majority of the profession are able to treat the person as a person. I'm sure the reminders during med school, as well as the example of the doctors you shadow, help with that, but I also think it must be that most people who go to med school genuinely care about people.naturgesetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268507379933286863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123819319548998095.post-17033494784227657632010-03-24T12:20:53.056-05:002010-03-24T12:20:53.056-05:00Working with HIV patients can be quite the eye-ope...Working with HIV patients can be quite the eye-opener, and quite the lesson in love and acceptance (and not freaking the hell out!). So many times I think they must get treated like the modern day lepers, and it takes a significant amount of effort and will power to not want to avoid an HIV patient like the plague. Having been on the end of the shocked other, and having worked with HIV patients closely, I can only just begin to imagine what they have to go through.<br /><br />I like your quote here. "We're taught how to break patients down to symptoms and pathologies, even while being told that it is indeed a person we're treating and not 'HIV' or 'Tourette's.' " This is part of the dehumanization process I talk about in my blog. Part of academia's breaking every person or human thing down into so many parts the good of the whole is completely lost. It's particularly insidious when the field of study directly involves human subjects. I'm glad you can see it happening, it's the only way you'll be able to fight it when it comes up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3123819319548998095.post-58838790523777446142010-03-23T21:06:16.095-05:002010-03-23T21:06:16.095-05:00This is the best post you have ever written. Your...This is the best post you have ever written. Your passion comes thru so crystal clear. I like seeing you passionate, expressing your love of and for medicine. I have always felt that to be excel at some thing you need to be passionate about it, and if that's the case, you should be a fabulous doctor!Biki Honkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731335682679434307noreply@blogger.com