andy williamson - avoiding feeling helpless
DESCRIPTION
Keynote at Geneva Health Forum, 18 April 2012TRANSCRIPT
Andy Williamson • Musician • Devon, [email protected] @bigbuzzard
A dialysis ward: mine wasn’t as airy and bright as this one – several patients had multiple amputations, one needed a special hoist to lift them onto the bed; most were geriatric: a frightening place to arrive for the first time.
www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk
http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/newBB/viewforum.php?f=2 or bit.ly/kpgforum
www.renalpatientview.org (from The Renal Association http://www.renal.org/rixg )
www.facebook.com/groups/RPSGroup
Learning: 22%&
Laughing: 22%
Dr Donal O’DonoghueNational Clinical Director for Kidney Care in the UKaka ‘ The Renal Tsar ’
Openness, trust and good communication are the cornerstones of the doctor-patient relationship. By avoiding difficult conversations and taking a paternalistic approach to disclosure in certain groups, we may be failing our most vulnerable patients.”
renaltsar.blogspot.comwww.renaltsar.blogspot.com/2012/04/telling-truth-why-disclosure-matters-in.html
“
There’s a 30Mb daily limit before the price goes way up for ‘cellular data’…
