Medical errors rank behind heart disease and cancer as the third leading cause of death in the U.S., Johns Hopkins researchers say. ... Based on an analysis of prior research, the Johns Hopkins study estimates that more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors. May 3, 2016
風清fq 發表評論於
臨床醫生在醫學院做科研是以教授的頭銜:assistant professor, associate professor, or professor. 在非醫學領域做研究可以是visiting scientist. 外國學者來美國醫院、醫學院參加科研,可稱為visiting scholar 或任何其它稱謂,但是,沒有執照是不允許直接接觸病人的。偶爾特殊情況下申請到臨時院內行醫執照,也必須在主任醫supervisor 的指導下行事,充其量不過半年一年吧了。即便外國醫生憑借H1 簽證在美受訓當住院醫師也最多是4、5年至6、7年時間,他們的職稱是“住陔醫生”。18年的“l研究醫生”實在無法想象究竟是屬於哪個catergory. 假如博主的本意是想讚美美國醫療技術在大多數情況下較中國有更高的先進性,那我完全同意。但應該很清楚地意識到,醫生是人不是神,無論是在中國還是在美國都會犯錯,不僅僅是經驗、判斷、技術層麵上的,而且是責任層麵上的。
drzero 發表評論於
to GuoLuke2
i want to share with you a little bit of diagnostic criteria of children's asthma. clinical diagnosis of asthma is not strict. it depends on symptoms, signs and duration of symptoms, plus some breathing tests. diagnosis in children is more difficult, because of their age, cooperation, limitation of instruments, technicians' skills, etc.. among physicians, each person has his own standard, though he is aware of the national criteria. it simply is too difficult in children. so, one physician said he/she had asthma. the other one certainly can denied it. as long as the medicines prescribed helped your child, the diagnosis is correct. in this case, we call it "diagnosed by response". it is very common.
chinese are afraid of asthma. whenever the term is mentioned, most parents jumped up and denied the diagnosis. nowdays, asthma is among children's top respiratory system illness. to most of them, it is mild, limited and disappears at/around the year of starting school. nothing to worry too much, at all
Medflorida 發表評論於
“研究醫生”或許是指physician scientist,一邊做臨床,一邊做科研。
drzero 發表評論於
agree with your comments. american doctors, for most times, under most circumstances, do follow protocols. physicians do employ some special treatments out of the recommended protocols. in case of legal action, physicians win or not depending not only whatever they did, also the circumstances under which the special treatment was used. it does not mean it is always physicians fault.
people complain the cost of health care. here, most people, mistakenly, blame hospital's charge to physicians' income. it is not true, absolutely not true. hospital produce hospital bill, labs have their separate bills, x ray has x ray charge. the same the physicians'.
so, please do not blame physicians' services. on the other hand, do not expect physicians here in american charge $15rmb for the services provided. most physicians work hard, diligently, good or bad. i can guarantee you not many physicians want to hurt their patients.