Are Kids Being Set Up for Medical Abuse?
By high school age, children
should be prepared to visit their doctor alone.
They need to share information that they may not want their parents or
another adult to hear. This should be a
relationship of trust where a young person can be treated with respect and
dignity, can ask hard questions and disclose the most difficult concerns: depression, sex, drugs etc.
Yet we live in a society where
we too often hear “No medical professional wakes up in the morning wanting to
harm their patients.” Obviously with the recent story of Dr. Larry Nassar
molesting as many as 125 young girls, it is not true that we can always trust
our clinician.
Child abuse by medical
professionals is not common, thank goodness, but it does happen. That’s just
one reason why Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy goes
into high schools and encourages young people to open up about their experiences
and talk with each other about their patient/clinician relationships.
“I had an early encounter with
two sisters who called their doctor ‘creepy’ during a teen discussion about medical
care and preparing to see their doctor,” explains Ilene Corina, a patient
safety advocate and educator for Pulse CPSEA.
“This experience disclosed problems in the relationship and I started
teaching patient safety to young people with the support and guidance of qualified
medical professionals.”
Other topics Pulse CPSEA
addresses with classes as early as middle school are preparing for the doctor’s
visit with questions; appropriately and fully explaining symptoms for the best
diagnosis; and medication safety. The presentation is fun and interactive and
leaves classes recognizing the importance of becoming “Informed and Involved” patients.
To learn more about Pulse
CPSEA and its school programs contact Ilene Corina (516) 579-4711 or e-mail icorina@pulsecenterforpatientsafety.org
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