That’s kinda by definition, eh? But there’s an uppity Sixties edge to this, and with this too I couldn’t agree more.. Excerpt:<\/p>\n
Older patients have something to tell their health care providers: look at me; listen to me; and speak with me rather than to the person who may have come with me to the visit. Gray hair doesn\u2019t signal senility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What’s your experience been? Have you met up with doctors, nurses and office staff who could use a wake-up smack on the side of the head?<\/p>\n
Of course I recommend first saying\u00a0courteously how you’d like to be treated: be self-aware and be empowered: speak up and say how you’d like to be treated. And physicians and staff, realize: a generation ago 80\u00a0may<\/em> have often seemed\u00a0“feeble,” but not so much, anymore.<\/p>\nThe times, they are a-changin’!<\/p>\n
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Today in our Society’s journal, SPM co-founders Joe and Terry Graedon of PeoplesPharmacy.com posted something I couldn’t agree with more: e-Patients Never Retire That’s kinda by definition, eh? But there’s an uppity Sixties edge to this, and with this too I couldn’t agree more.. Excerpt: Older patients have something to tell their health care providers: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3592,3225],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-16706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-spm","tag-terry-graedon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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