Reflection Paper About Meeting A Doctor

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Meeting your doctor! Get the most out of it…

Hello friends,
I hope you are all in delightful spirits. Today, I am here to talk about something very basic but important fact about your healthcare. God forbid you ever ail or have ailed; but, let me ask you something! Have you ever come across incidences like someone visits a doctor for consultation and misses to mention an important symptom he/she experiences? Well, it happens with many and this is just one lag. There are such few other glitches, which may render your doctor’s visit rather futile or incomplete. So, I would like to give you few pointers that you should remember and that will definitely help you to have smooth and unfazed session with your physician, should the need arise ever …show more content…

Forgot to mention something important about your health (subtle pain, weird sensations etc.)
4. Confused about what the doctor is saying or about the prescribed diagnosis and medication
Scenario 1 :
Let’s understand one fact that doctors generally work on very tight timelines. When somebody schedules an appointment for counseling, the doctor usually allots a specific time period for the patient. But, if the person is delayed for some reason, the doctor is left with only two choices; either to complete their session in a jiffy, or shift the session to the concluding hours of his consultation. Both of these options are not desirable from the patient’s point of view.
Many people fail to appreciate that an appointment with a doctor is no less important than an interview schedule or a board meeting. So, respecting the timings not only imperative, but it has its own benefits. Getting to your doctor’s place 15 minutes early will give you enough time to relax and prepare for the session. You may also check the basic body vitals like BP, height, weight before meeting your doctor, which may help during the counseling. Reaching early may also allow you to spend a little more time with your doctor, if he/she completes the previous session early.
Scenario 2

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