Comments on: This Drug Could Do a Lot of Damage and I Won’t Fill Your Prescription Until I’m Sure You Know the Risk http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2006/05/24/this-drug-could-do-a-lot-of-damage-and-i-won%e2%80%99t-fill-your-prescription-until-i%e2%80%99m-sure-you-know-the-risk/ By Meryl Runion and SpeakStrong, Inc. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: merylrunion http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2006/05/24/this-drug-could-do-a-lot-of-damage-and-i-won%e2%80%99t-fill-your-prescription-until-i%e2%80%99m-sure-you-know-the-risk/#comment-73 merylrunion Sat, 27 May 2006 12:34:30 +0000 http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2006/05/24/this-drug-could-do-a-lot-of-damage-and-i-won%e2%80%99t-fill-your-prescription-until-i%e2%80%99m-sure-you-know-the-risk/#comment-73 Thanks for expressing your concern. Actually I did not mean to imply that healthcare providers sell out regularly or that they are any more likely to do things in their work that feel unethical than anyone else. I know many people do face pressure to say things they don’t believe in their jobs and to do things that they think are unethical. I have felt this in sales jobs in the past, and left those jobs as a result. I am glad to hear that your work doesn’t present you with that dilemma, and I didn’t mean to imply that it was a situation unique to or universally found in healthcare. I hope this clarifies my intent. Thanks for writing! - Meryl Thanks for expressing your concern.

Actually I did not mean to imply that healthcare providers sell out regularly or that they are any more likely to do things in their work that feel unethical than anyone else. I know many people do face pressure to say things they don’t believe in their jobs and to do things that they think are unethical. I have felt this in sales jobs in the past, and left those jobs as a result.

I am glad to hear that your work doesn’t present you with that dilemma, and I didn’t mean to imply that it was a situation unique to or universally found in healthcare.

I hope this clarifies my intent. Thanks for writing! - Meryl

]]> By: Frances Walendzik http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2006/05/24/this-drug-could-do-a-lot-of-damage-and-i-won%e2%80%99t-fill-your-prescription-until-i%e2%80%99m-sure-you-know-the-risk/#comment-72 Frances Walendzik Fri, 26 May 2006 19:23:43 +0000 http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2006/05/24/this-drug-could-do-a-lot-of-damage-and-i-won%e2%80%99t-fill-your-prescription-until-i%e2%80%99m-sure-you-know-the-risk/#comment-72 I am concerned because your reponse implies that healtcare professionals are willing to "prostitute" their integrity for a wage from an employer. All healthcare professionals are held to high standards within their own professions. We are all expected to give a patient health information specific to their needs so that they may make an informed decision in their care. There are patients that are not used to this model and prefer instead to follow their care provider's advice without question. There are also patients that don't want more information that they can handle emotionally or intellectually. I have been a nurse since May 1977 and have always tried to hold myself up to a high standard of care.There will always be a healthcare provider somewhere in this country that may not live up to the high standards of their profession but I seriously doubt that any of them are intentionally prostituting their integrity for the almighty dollar. Everyone needs to be proactive in taking a more involved role in their own healthcare in order to make THE most informed decision that they can and with the current technology available there truly is no reason not to be actively involved in healthcare decisions. I am concerned because your reponse implies that healtcare professionals are willing to “prostitute” their integrity for a wage from an employer. All
healthcare professionals are held to high standards within their own professions. We are all expected to give a patient health information specific to their needs so that they may make an informed decision in their care. There are patients that are not used to this model and prefer instead to follow their care provider’s advice without question. There are also patients that don’t want more information that they can handle emotionally or intellectually. I have been a nurse since May 1977 and have always tried to hold myself up to a high standard of care.There will always be a healthcare provider somewhere in this country that may not live up to the high standards of their profession but I seriously doubt that any of them are intentionally prostituting their integrity for the almighty dollar.
Everyone needs to be proactive in taking a more involved role in their own
healthcare in order to make THE most informed decision that they can and with the current technology available there truly is no reason not to be actively involved in healthcare decisions.

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