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To: hinckley buzzard

I go to a university health system. They always ask how you would like to receive your information - in writing, have someone talk to you, in a different language, with someone with you, etc.

If there is a problem with doctors not speaking in plain English, it’s my contention that it’s the patient’s fault for not demanding an explanation they can understand. I know a number of elderly people who will not confront the doctor at all, but wait until they get home and ask their grown children to explain things.


37 posted on 05/01/2013 1:28:41 PM PDT by radiohead
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To: radiohead

My grandmother always has one of my aunts or uncles go with her to the doctor.


39 posted on 05/01/2013 1:30:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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