You know how frustrating it is when you call customer service with an issue (especially tech-related) and they have a script they cannot deviate from? Even when you know they are headed in completely the wrong direction but their script demands they continue on that wrong path?
That's the same vibe I get from the new computer-based medical interactions.
When we go to the doctor's office (only when we absolutely must), all of our interactions are now guided by predetermined scripts. Those scripts lead the doctors &/or nurses along a very narrow path with very specific (big pharma mostly) outcomes.
Heaven forbid if you try to deviate from their scripts.
I believe this new way of conducting patient interactions is more about shunting medical professionals into automaton roles.
It keeps them from moving outside the boundaries set by the medical industrial complex. And it kills their desire to investigate further for proper diagnoses, aka it kills their curiosity.
I think you're absolutely right. Just like public schools strip the creativity from children, medical schools strip the independent thought from doctors.
You know how frustrating it is when you call customer service with an issue (especially tech-related) and they have a script they cannot deviate from? Even when you know they are headed in completely the wrong direction but their script demands they continue on that wrong path?
That's the same vibe I get from the new computer-based medical interactions.
When we go to the doctor's office (only when we absolutely must), all of our interactions are now guided by predetermined scripts. Those scripts lead the doctors &/or nurses along a very narrow path with very specific (big pharma mostly) outcomes.
Heaven forbid if you try to deviate from their scripts.
I believe this new way of conducting patient interactions is more about shunting medical professionals into automaton roles.
It keeps them from moving outside the boundaries set by the medical industrial complex. And it kills their desire to investigate further for proper diagnoses, aka it kills their curiosity.
I think you're absolutely right. Just like public schools strip the creativity from children, medical schools strip the independent thought from doctors.
Scary stuff if not stopped.