How many doctors will I see?
Doctors will soon encounter this question more and more!
Really, in the kind of highly sensitive medical environment that exists in the Fertility clnic, every little bit we do to ease the stress of these couples is less.
Then how can we let our fertility seekin couples undergo the multiple heirarchial approch to clinical treatment? The couple would come for initial consult, laboratory workup, ultrasounds, injections, etc. etc. For each appointment they see a new face, who askes the same uncomfortable questions, makes some inelligible notes and hurries upto another couple without properly satisfying either of them! None of them are open with answering queries, solving problems,addressing the doubts. Some of them are unaware of what the previous doctors instructions were. The couple are left confused, intimidated and stressed out with the entire scenario.
The picture reminds me of an Assembly line in a factory of say an automobile company. There are metal frameworks on an assembly line chain which goes from one technician to another highly specialised in fixing their own spcial part, knowing nothing of the process, till the metal frame is finally transformed to a car! While this delegation of duties works well in an automobile industry, it's a cold and uncomfortable approach to a couple seeking fertility. Each time I go to a clinic I would like to see my own familiar friendly doctor who has the compassion and understanding of my case and who does not need to start the process of generating information from the scratch!
This simple arrangement would relax the couple and endear them to the familiar surroundings, familiar faces and above all a clinician whom they trust implicitly!
Hopefully we can do this little bit over and above every thing else that we already do for this special group of health care seekers and ease out their journey through the treatment .
Really, in the kind of highly sensitive medical environment that exists in the Fertility clnic, every little bit we do to ease the stress of these couples is less.
Then how can we let our fertility seekin couples undergo the multiple heirarchial approch to clinical treatment? The couple would come for initial consult, laboratory workup, ultrasounds, injections, etc. etc. For each appointment they see a new face, who askes the same uncomfortable questions, makes some inelligible notes and hurries upto another couple without properly satisfying either of them! None of them are open with answering queries, solving problems,addressing the doubts. Some of them are unaware of what the previous doctors instructions were. The couple are left confused, intimidated and stressed out with the entire scenario.
The picture reminds me of an Assembly line in a factory of say an automobile company. There are metal frameworks on an assembly line chain which goes from one technician to another highly specialised in fixing their own spcial part, knowing nothing of the process, till the metal frame is finally transformed to a car! While this delegation of duties works well in an automobile industry, it's a cold and uncomfortable approach to a couple seeking fertility. Each time I go to a clinic I would like to see my own familiar friendly doctor who has the compassion and understanding of my case and who does not need to start the process of generating information from the scratch!
This simple arrangement would relax the couple and endear them to the familiar surroundings, familiar faces and above all a clinician whom they trust implicitly!
Hopefully we can do this little bit over and above every thing else that we already do for this special group of health care seekers and ease out their journey through the treatment .
way to go doc!
ReplyDeleteask otherz to follow pleeze....lead on!