Today I visited my friend who is a Naturopath, he also works in a vitamin store and people call him on the phone and ask him questions about their health needs. Often the people have a hard time expressing what the problem is or expecting a phone diagnosis to cure something like dizziness which may or may not require a trip to the Neurologist.
It could be that people are impatient. Sometimes they just want to take a pill. They have no idea why they should, they just have gotten used to being told to take for example a blood thinner, but don't want to understand why their blood needs to be thinned.
The patient is for the most part not expected to ask too many questions or the doctor is never expected just sit there and listen to the patient. But what if that were the normal way patient intake was done? Just food for thought.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Watching the Civil War by Ken Burns again...
Thank you PBS! Again I call for the National Endowment for the Arts budget to be tripled!
The Civil War. I probably watch it once a year. Still get choked up when I watch the first few minutes. It starts out by making statements like "three million men fought in it and two percent of the population died in it."
I still can't believe how Ken Burns made it happen. Ken created or popularized the effect of taking a photograph and showing it close up and then slowly fading it with stunning effect. Since there is no footage, all we have is photographs and words, the diaries of so many soldiers and wives. One soldier fought throughout the war until it was over and left a stunning account. His name was Elijah Hunt Rhodes.
I think about Mary Chestnut's words spoken by Julie Harris, who also kept a careful diary documenting it from the standpoint of the South. I also think of the poet Walt Whitman wandering the fields and reporting the horror of it all..and it was horrible.
I hear the voice of outrage of Frederick Douglas' words spoken by Morgan Freeman. Now he is nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Mandella in "Invictus"
If you haven't watched it yet...take it on, take your time. I doubt you will ever forget it.
The Civil War. I probably watch it once a year. Still get choked up when I watch the first few minutes. It starts out by making statements like "three million men fought in it and two percent of the population died in it."
I still can't believe how Ken Burns made it happen. Ken created or popularized the effect of taking a photograph and showing it close up and then slowly fading it with stunning effect. Since there is no footage, all we have is photographs and words, the diaries of so many soldiers and wives. One soldier fought throughout the war until it was over and left a stunning account. His name was Elijah Hunt Rhodes.
I think about Mary Chestnut's words spoken by Julie Harris, who also kept a careful diary documenting it from the standpoint of the South. I also think of the poet Walt Whitman wandering the fields and reporting the horror of it all..and it was horrible.
I hear the voice of outrage of Frederick Douglas' words spoken by Morgan Freeman. Now he is nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Mandella in "Invictus"
If you haven't watched it yet...take it on, take your time. I doubt you will ever forget it.
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