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The GP should have the patient’s notes and therefore be up to date on current medications and so on; but it is wise to have all that information, | The GP should have the patient’s notes and therefore be up to date on current medications and so on; but it is wise to have all that information, | ||
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In serious cases, two difficult questions are likely to come up. The first is hospitalisation. GPs are increasingly ready to recognise the desire of many patients to die at home. It is therefore important to them to know the patient’s current thinking on this. (Patients can change their minds, especially if pain control is proving difficult.) Now that there is a lot of emphasis on patient-centred medicine, there may be reluctance on the part of the GP to take your word on this; he wants to hear it from the horse’s mouth. Some carers take this amiss. “He doesn’t trust me….” Yes, he does, but he has an obligation to check with the patient if s/he is well/ | In serious cases, two difficult questions are likely to come up. The first is hospitalisation. GPs are increasingly ready to recognise the desire of many patients to die at home. It is therefore important to them to know the patient’s current thinking on this. (Patients can change their minds, especially if pain control is proving difficult.) Now that there is a lot of emphasis on patient-centred medicine, there may be reluctance on the part of the GP to take your word on this; he wants to hear it from the horse’s mouth. Some carers take this amiss. “He doesn’t trust me….” Yes, he does, but he has an obligation to check with the patient if s/he is well/ | ||
That will not, of course, be an easy conversation in some cases - and your role can feel very uncomfortable, | That will not, of course, be an easy conversation in some cases - and your role can feel very uncomfortable, |