Inequality virus
Over the last few days, I’ve been looking at discussions on online classes. As the Polish education system is in lockdown, universities (and schools) are preparing to go online. I think it’s a good idea (on balance), but there are a number of things I would like to comment on. Continue reading “Inequality virus”
Adult medicine
This is my last blogpost about the change from being in the care of the British NHS to the (mostly private) care of Polish doctors. Although the coronavirus dominates medical news, I want to end my triptych on switching between British and Polish medicine. Today, I want to write about shared decision-making SDM). Continue reading “Adult medicine”
Practicing errors
Medicine is a social practice. Doctors and patients do things ‘as one does them’ and there are about two and a half libraries to offer evidence of that. But there is an aspect of such practices that, I think, hasn’t been discussed enough. It’s the practice of medical/diagnostic errors. I was reminded of this when I went to see a doctor in Poland. This is my second post about the visit (the previous one was about how much it cost). Continue reading “Practicing errors”
Cost of sadness
It’s been a week since I came to Poland. Here is the first part of my account of the medical aspect of the move. Continue reading “Cost of sadness”