Apttavakya of western intellectuals Vs.Apttavakya ofIndian origin

[Guest guest]

Hello Vaidya Upadhye

 

I find your statement " I would have definitely like to discuss the issue raised

by you if you are related with any pathy of Medicine. " utterly non-sense.

 

A surgeon never says to his patient, " I will explain this operation only if you

have knowledge of medicine " . It is his duty to explain the procedure in layman's

language as much as possible so that all the doubts are cleared.

 

 

 

Regards

 

Rajeev Upadhye

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One thing we must bear in mind that there are 'n' number subjects of

knowledge which we never never get in touch in our whole life.

[Guest guest]

Rajeev,

 

There are many " levels " of discussion that are to be had. The doctor cannot, is

not able to explain to the patient the inner workings of all medicines involved

during an operation. A high-level and big-band overview of the surgery is

covered with the patient, it covers " popular " symptoms, post-surgery

trauma/expectations and even THOSE are " popular " i.e. you may or may not see

those and inevitably the use of " pain-killers " is prescribed through-out the

recovery process, without clearly explaining the side-effects and long-term

effects of those to the patient. Proof of this is the long-term debilitating

effect that surgery patients will have on the kidneys, leading to blood-pressure

and neprho-issues often times, in the form of bladder control, etc. An

overview may always be in order, but the details, is always a block-diagram

view.

 

This is not an anti-surgery statement, but personal experience after having

spent many many days/months supporting my father and friends' surgical times,

including my own under the knife. I actually have a strong med background

compared to a layman as i was a premed student and doctor's are still reluctant

to include details of the medicines/etc used esp on the workings of medicines,

primarily because not all levels and secondary effect levels are known.

 

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A surgeon never says to his patient, " I will explain this operation only if you

have knowledge of medicine " . It is his duty to explain the procedure in layman's

language as much as possible so that all the doubts are cleared.