Re: Fw: C-leg statement correction
Justin Foster
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Title:
Re: Fw: C-leg statement correction
Creator:
Justin Foster
Date:
1/13/2003
Text:
>From: Anthony T. Barr < <Email Address Redacted> >
edited body...
>When will both professionals recognize the need to work together for the
>best outcome for the patient!
This is what it is all about... how do we as professional prosthetists feel
when we are challenged on our design by a physician who knows little about
prosthetic theory? I guess that is the same feeling when a surgeon is told
by their patient that the prosthetist said that some veins weren't ligated
properly, or a bone bridge wasn't built, or the posterior flap was clearly
too short...
A little professional courtesy goes a long way in medicine. Everyone has a
job to do for the good of the patient! It is good to be informed, and seems
to be everyone's dream to catch something that another (especially
higher-ranking) medical professional has missed, but it is better to do YOUR
job well before doing other peoples jobs!!!
Being a professional in any field of medicine means putting the patients
interest first, hence the do no harm edict... telling a patient that their
amputation could have been better, AFTER the fact (in a vascular case,
revision is often difficult or contraindicated) helps no one. Perhaps, as I
mentioned before, it would be a good time to consult WITH the physician to
better the FUTURE outcomes in similar cases. Respect will build
automatically, when it is shown to be the modus operandi of choice. How
appropriate is that old Golden Rule... it ALWAYS applies!
Justin Foster
Prosthetic Resident
CIRS - Palo Alto
_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months
<URL Redacted>
edited body...
>When will both professionals recognize the need to work together for the
>best outcome for the patient!
This is what it is all about... how do we as professional prosthetists feel
when we are challenged on our design by a physician who knows little about
prosthetic theory? I guess that is the same feeling when a surgeon is told
by their patient that the prosthetist said that some veins weren't ligated
properly, or a bone bridge wasn't built, or the posterior flap was clearly
too short...
A little professional courtesy goes a long way in medicine. Everyone has a
job to do for the good of the patient! It is good to be informed, and seems
to be everyone's dream to catch something that another (especially
higher-ranking) medical professional has missed, but it is better to do YOUR
job well before doing other peoples jobs!!!
Being a professional in any field of medicine means putting the patients
interest first, hence the do no harm edict... telling a patient that their
amputation could have been better, AFTER the fact (in a vascular case,
revision is often difficult or contraindicated) helps no one. Perhaps, as I
mentioned before, it would be a good time to consult WITH the physician to
better the FUTURE outcomes in similar cases. Respect will build
automatically, when it is shown to be the modus operandi of choice. How
appropriate is that old Golden Rule... it ALWAYS applies!
Justin Foster
Prosthetic Resident
CIRS - Palo Alto
_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months
<URL Redacted>
Citation
Justin Foster, “Re: Fw: C-leg statement correction,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220350.
