PSYC 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Primary Healthcare, Traditional Asian Medicine, Nurse Practitioner
19 Jun 2017
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Delivery of care can influence perceived care. Patient consumerism: want to be involved, more active in decision making process. Visits are brief and disclosure is difficult and interrupted by physician. Primary health care providers are first point of entry. Many individuals resort to complementary and alternative medicine (cam) Users tend to be female, middle aged, highly educated with multiple chronic issues. More women have entered the male dominated field. Poor communications: doctors don"t listen to the patient. Elderspeak uses infant-like delivery by health care providers. Nonperson treatment is when patient is depersonalized by health care provider. Stereotypes of patients by doctor can influence diagnosis and treatment: cultural, sexism. When a patient does not follow the prescribed treatment. Creative non-adherence is when patients modify or supplement prescribed treatment. Placebo: any medical procedure/agent that produces an effect in a patient because of its therapeutic intent, not its specific nature, whether chemical or physical. Non active vehicle is given in place of drug.
