How can you bring together two societies and the personal interpretation of the patient and the provider if you don’t speak the same language? How can you provide care if it’s not important enough to cater to 20% of your population? It’s not non-compliance, it’s not knowing!
@SpiritLiaCatch The very first thing that strikes me is how terrifying it must be to not understand what’s going on around you when you’re ill. The idea that we, as a society, can place the burden on a signature as protection for us but know it’s not used in good faith.
A hospital where the local population is 1/5 Hmong and at least 1 person in each unit each day is Hmong doesn’t have someone on staff who can speak Hmong? #Hmong#MCMC
Like, if society encouraged employers to offer sick time, maybe I could actually see the dentist *and* pay my bills. 🤷 And then maybe I could stop seeing so many ads for denture cream since tooth loss could be *prevented* by actually preventive visits! #WeLiveInASociety
Personal trouble or a social issue? I think sociological imagination is on to something. I know it’s not my fault that I can’t keep a job because I can’t get to work on time because the BUSES DON’T OFTEN ENOUGH AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY’RE NOT ON TIME.
It’s almost like this the mindset that I can be responsible for myself, but understanding that society can make certain things harder or easier for me and I don’t necessarily have control over that. #ItsNotAllMyFault#OKSomeOfItIsMyFault
Look, I think you've got some interesting points. I'll look into it more. I do have to say I'm not about to give up my vaccines just for handwashing though. Individual vs society risk, right? #RiskBenefitRatio
@McKinSqrd Death from measles, scarlet fever, TB, typhoid, pneumonia, flu, polio, whooping cough, and diphtheria ALL decreased BEFORE medicine came out with the good stuff?
Umm... did you really say that we shouldn't use flimsy science to back assertion and then say it's OK to back your assertions with the same flimsy studies? I think you have some bias going on. You even say that your assessment of the info needs more studies.
It is a sad time when out of a fear of lawsuits a University allows dishonest people to utalize loopholes to put others at risk instead of standing up and requiring integrity of its students.