Empowering Patients
There is an old Chinese saying “Give a man a fish and you feed him for one day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” From times immemorial, the practice of medicine has been a closely guarded secret. The physician is the “know all” and the patient is the “ignorant […]
“It is not necessary that doctors know everything”
Recently, a patient of asthma wrote to me a very long letter. I have never seen this patient. From his style of writing, I presume he is from Afghanistan. He writes that he has asthma for many years and has shown many doctors. All doctors tell him that it cannot be cured. Then he goes […]
Doctor-Patient Relationship
This month’s newsletter is not about asthma or allergy. I wanted to pen down some of my thoughts on another general, but important, topic and that is “Doctor-Patient Relationship” Any relationship is based on a set of certain duties and expectations. Doctor-patient relationship is no different. A certain code of conduct is expected of the […]