Comments on: True Tales of Medical School: OB Rounds

By: Estarian

Estarian — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:56:02 +0000

Personally, as long as my doctor cares about me, is good at his work and cures me -well if it is possible- I dont care what he calls me. I mean, come on.. asthmatic-asthma patient..
Well, I am not from the U.S so this whole political correctness culture somewhat eludes me -and I dont say it is always wrong- . But after a certain point this “obsessing” over names, seems a bit pedantic.
Sorry if I seemed offensive to anybody, that’s not my goal, really.

By: Joe Steele

Joe Steele — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:55:36 +0000

I dunno, I kinda like it when doctors view their patients as nothing but malfunctioning organic machinery.

There’s too much emphasis on individualism these days. Makes people soft.

By: DNA Girl

DNA Girl — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:57:01 +0000

As a forensic scientist we too are reminded to refer to out victims by name, to remember that they were people but eneviatbly they land up as the “Torso in the Thames” or the “Bodies in the Barells”

By: R N

R N — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:43:08 +0000

Interesting, I think my dad does rounds at those hospitals

By: Reina

Reina — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:36:17 +0000

Interesting …=] our lecturer always emphasizes that it is “asthma patients” or “diabetes patients”, not “asthmatics” or “diabetics”

‘never label a patient as a disease, because then you’re defining them as that disease & not as a person’…some sort of health psych aspect to it… =S

well, i guess some of us had to learn it the hard way! =P
^^

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:57:08 +0000

she would be a high risk pregnancy as a patient with pancreatitis, folks. Stress puts baby at risk, plus the complications of severe pancreatitis itself.

By: Vineet Gupta

Vineet Gupta — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:57:37 +0000

@Pill

An OB deals with pregnant women
A GYN deals with diseases of the female reproductive tract.

By: Not a doctor

Not a doctor — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:28:01 +0000

@ #2: I think it means she has a high risk of serious pregnancy issues.

By: Pill

Pill — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:35:01 +0000

what exactly is the difference between OB and GYN?

By: Newcastle medstudent

Newcastle medstudent — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:10:33 +0000

What do you mean by high-risker? And how is that referred to her condition?