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To: Lane3 who wrote (4544)	2/17/2003 7:48:44 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 7720

My experience, and I worked for several years in a medical center, is that in medicine as in anything else, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. A polite but firm advocate, especially one who has taken a little time to research issues but doesn't pretend to be a know-it-all, can be critical in assuring good care, especially for the elderly. My best advice is to get to know the nurses, respect them, talk to them, ask their opinions, but make sure you don't let the docs know you've done that because then the nurses will clam up in a hurry. But they know what's going on, and can put a chart in front of the doc at the right moment or make notations on the chart or in lots of other ways help assure good care. And if they are consulted they will often to this, because frankly they see it as a recognition of and respect for their professionalism rather than dismissing them as nobodies. But if you care about the care he's getting, and obviously you do, your involvement can be critical.