We have to learn to be our own advocate, and train at least one other to stand in for us when we aren’t able. Drs are not helpers, in my experience and they dislike that we live in an age where we have availability to information. And we can find on line drs who are interested in helping. Bad for the bottom line. Got a whole lot worse with Obama care.
It sure did, but also started to get worse with HMOs rising in late 80’s . That’s when I left bedside. Too much business in healthcare and only about profit margins. They have decimated the profession of nursing. Now they are basically mini administrators on the floor with very little assessment or hands on care. They don’t even examine or take own vital signs usually. Neither do doctors. If machine or algorithm doesn’t say it or see it, nothing is observed or done until you code or something screams ’end stage’