Posted by AprilA. on March 7, 2000, at 8:15:22
In reply to Re: Pharmacist/patient interaction?, posted by medlib on March 6, 2000, at 1:59:30
> Cam-
> You stress the value of non-verbal communication for the practitioner, but would you look at the "face-to-face" versus "once removed" (telephone or online) issue from the patient's point of view? If you can imagine yourself as a patient (who couldn't answer his own questions as you can) how would you prefer to ask sensitive questions? Why? What do you think other patients prefer?
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> Babblers--anyone else care to comment? Me--I'd rather handle it ALL over the phone--and yeah, I'd pay my pdoc for telephone consultation at the same rate as in-person. But that preference may well be as "ab"normal as the rest of me. Wonder if babblers and pharm students differ or agree on this point? Just wonderin'...
> medlib
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I agree. I have severe fear of interpersonal interactions and going to the pharmacist is a nightmare. There are times I've stopped medications rather than face the pharmacist. I am so nervous I couldn't remember what he said anyway no matter how useful. The idea of him scrutinizing and interpreting my body language is not comforting!!
I'm a big Cam fan but I don't think he would have been nearly as much help to me standing behind a counter instead of online. A.
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