After reading the article "Texas Nurse to Stand Trail for Reporting Doctor", I got really frustrated towards the healthcare system. I was actually mad while reading the article. Everything seems so unfair; the doctor was making up excuses to get away from the accusation, and the nurses are the one who got blamed by the public.
Forget about all those laws and obligations; just being a human being, aren't we taught to do the right acts and report for the wrong acts? And healthcare is related to our lives. One single move can take our lives; everything has to be proper and followed the rules. A lot of dead people can be saved if physicans did not make those little mistakes.
Maybe for those physicans, we are merely their "clients" or "tasks"; however, they ought to remind themselves that they are the ones who are controlling our lives. Besides, if anyone realizes there is something wrong going on, he or she has the responsibility to say it out. Keep slient is equal to helping the offender.
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The power structure and network runs deep in health care, especially in smaller communities, and often to the detriment of good communication. The court said the nurse was "not guilty." That's not the same thing as saying the communication processes worked the way they should! And what's obviously the best for the patient is not always the best for the "system." More's the pity.
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