Re: Patient/client debate
SCOTT BOEHLKE
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Title:
Re: Patient/client debate
Creator:
SCOTT BOEHLKE
Date:
1/27/2000
Text:
First off are we in the professional aspect better than anyone? NO. So what
gives us the right to call anyone patient/client, amputee Who cares. If
you added up how much ppl get paid per hour, wasting time on this
discussion, I could probably make a car payment.
Bottom line. We are running a business. Lets call our customers by their
first name. Why not. Why not make the person feel comfortable, instead of
putting our selves on a pedistal, because we are billing their insurance
companies, to do what we went to school for. Lets spend more time helping
ppl, instead of worring what we should call them.
-----Original Message-----
From: George Boyer < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: <Email Address Redacted> < <Email Address Redacted> >
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 2:37 PM
Subject: Professional reliability
>There is no question that relationships of considerable depth are sometimes
established in the prosthetist's office. But one of the problems of the
patient paradigm is that it may tend to obscure flaws in the prosthetist's
performance. The same observation can be made about the situation between
physician and
>patient.......danger abounds in the transaction of all human relationships.
However, the field of medicine has evolved to the point where there are
objective safeguards against gross malfeasance. When prosthetics has
developed to a similar degree, with requirements for meaningful residencies
under practitioners of
>recognized accomplishment, where there is similar professional
accountability and where there is reliable freedom from the taint of
commercial bias, THEN perhaps discussions about 'patient vs client' (and
even of the necessity for a union of amputees) will not arise. George B.
>
>>
>>
>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>>
>> On 01/22/2000 at 11:22 PM JEFFREY MCDONALD wrote:
>>
>> >Paul,
>> >I agree, what gives? The problem seems to be with some older prosthetic
>> >patients who obviously have no sutures or no wounds being treated.
They
>> >apparently wish to be thought of as customers or shoppers. Then
don't
>> >come to my office. New clients are usually dealing with a lot more
than
>> >labels. They come to see me when they are at their most vulnerable.
Many
>> >have been through hell. They allow me to see a part of them that very
few,
>> >if any other people see, both figuratively and literally. Over time I
>> >develop an intimate relationship with them. They trust me to serve their
>> >needs and our relationship is that of PATIENT & PRACTITIONER. Sorry if
it
>> >rubs anyone wrong.
>> >PS. I'm an amputee.
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Paul Meyer, CPO < <Email Address Redacted> >
>> >To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
>> >Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:26 PM
>> >Subject: Re: OANDP-L Digest - 17 Jan 2000 to 18 Jan 2000 (#2000-1
>> >
>> >
>> >> What's the problem with us calling amputees our patients?
>> >>
>> >>
gives us the right to call anyone patient/client, amputee Who cares. If
you added up how much ppl get paid per hour, wasting time on this
discussion, I could probably make a car payment.
Bottom line. We are running a business. Lets call our customers by their
first name. Why not. Why not make the person feel comfortable, instead of
putting our selves on a pedistal, because we are billing their insurance
companies, to do what we went to school for. Lets spend more time helping
ppl, instead of worring what we should call them.
-----Original Message-----
From: George Boyer < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: <Email Address Redacted> < <Email Address Redacted> >
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2000 2:37 PM
Subject: Professional reliability
>There is no question that relationships of considerable depth are sometimes
established in the prosthetist's office. But one of the problems of the
patient paradigm is that it may tend to obscure flaws in the prosthetist's
performance. The same observation can be made about the situation between
physician and
>patient.......danger abounds in the transaction of all human relationships.
However, the field of medicine has evolved to the point where there are
objective safeguards against gross malfeasance. When prosthetics has
developed to a similar degree, with requirements for meaningful residencies
under practitioners of
>recognized accomplishment, where there is similar professional
accountability and where there is reliable freedom from the taint of
commercial bias, THEN perhaps discussions about 'patient vs client' (and
even of the necessity for a union of amputees) will not arise. George B.
>
>>
>>
>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
>>
>> On 01/22/2000 at 11:22 PM JEFFREY MCDONALD wrote:
>>
>> >Paul,
>> >I agree, what gives? The problem seems to be with some older prosthetic
>> >patients who obviously have no sutures or no wounds being treated.
They
>> >apparently wish to be thought of as customers or shoppers. Then
don't
>> >come to my office. New clients are usually dealing with a lot more
than
>> >labels. They come to see me when they are at their most vulnerable.
Many
>> >have been through hell. They allow me to see a part of them that very
few,
>> >if any other people see, both figuratively and literally. Over time I
>> >develop an intimate relationship with them. They trust me to serve their
>> >needs and our relationship is that of PATIENT & PRACTITIONER. Sorry if
it
>> >rubs anyone wrong.
>> >PS. I'm an amputee.
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Paul Meyer, CPO < <Email Address Redacted> >
>> >To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
>> >Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:26 PM
>> >Subject: Re: OANDP-L Digest - 17 Jan 2000 to 18 Jan 2000 (#2000-1
>> >
>> >
>> >> What's the problem with us calling amputees our patients?
>> >>
>> >>
Citation
SCOTT BOEHLKE, “Re: Patient/client debate,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/213487.
