Patient Relations Career Guide and Counseling

Question: How does Socrates refute Thracymachus’ definition of justice using the example of a doctor-patient relations?

Answer: Thrasymachus’ definition of justice is easy to state, but it is not so immediately clear how it is to be interpreted. Justice, he claims, is the advantage of the stronger. On its own, such a sentence could imply that what is beneficial to the stronger is just for and therefore, beneficial to the weaker, and Socrates accordingly asks whether this understanding is accurate. Thrasymachus promptly responds in the negative. The interpretation he proceeds to expound upon can be summed up by adapting slightly his original definition: justice is that which obtains the advantage of the stronger. To support this definition, he points to the example of ruling a city. Any ruling class will fashion the laws of the commonwealth with a view to its own benefit, he asserts. Since it is just to obey the law, those who behave justly will be acting for the advantage of the rulers (whom Thrasymachus interchangeably terms “the stronger�). Socrates makes his first objection at this moment, but I will treat this here only incidentally: merely insofar as it allows us to see why Thrasymachus introduces the craftsman analogy. Socrates objects that rulers are, as humans, bound to make mistakes - to confuse their disadvantage with their advantage on occasion. In this case just obedience to laws would work to the ruler’s disadvantage. Thrasymachus responds promptly, saying that a man who makes a mistake in ruling is not at that moment a ruler in the strict sense, and introduces the craftsman analogy to support this idea. Insofar as a man is a craftsman, he will not make any mistakes; mistakes are rooted in ignorance, and so can only occur when a man’s knowledge of his craft is incomplete. The quandary which Socrates introduces is thus avoided by Thrasymachus’ qualification that errors are never made by rulers as rulers. Though the analogy works at first to Thrasymachus’ advantage, Socrates promptly turns it against him in a new objection. All arts, he asserts, are exercised with a view to the benefit of the subject rather than to the benefit of the artisan. The doctor employs his medical art for the betterment of the patient, the pilot navigates for the safety of the ship and the sailors, and so forth. Like Thrasymachus, he identifies ruling as an art, and claims that ruling also is exercised with a view to the subjects’ benefit. Throughout the argument, Thrasymachus passively assents to Socrates’ individual points. But as we shall see later, he rejects the conclusion drawn from these. From an objective viewpoint, one immediately questionable aspect of this argument is Socrates’ idea that ruling is an art in the same sense that medicine and navigation are arts. Despite its potential weakness however, Socrates’ use of the analogy is the one part of the argument which Thrasymachus cannot question without bringing Socrates’ first objection once again into dispute. Thus this definition of ruling forms some part of the common ground between Socrates and Thracymachus. Although an objection such as this may affect the objective validity of the argument, it is important to keep in mind the fact that Socrates is not attempting to create an incontestable definition of justice at this point. He is merely answering an invalid argument by demonstrating its weaknesses in terms which correspond to Thrasymachus’ perspective. In other words, Socrates is just toying with the lad.

Question: How many surgeons have been wounded/killed by unhappy patients/relations in the US in the last 10 years? I need the above for a medical research. What is the survival rate?

Answer: Not as many as the amount of patients die everyday in hospitals due to neglect. That is 200 every day...unless it's gone up. Sorry I don't have your answer.

Question: Therapist-Patient relations: How close is too close? A relative of mine has been seeing a therapist for quite some time. She's a bit slow/stunted, so she acts younger than she is (late forties). I recently found out that she and her therapist are "Facebook Friends" and write on each others' walls about life and general happenings. The therapist has posted photos of her kids and someone I think is her life-partner (but I could be wring, either way, it doesn't really matter). My question is, is it appropriate for a therapist to share this much of her life with a patient? I think she even made a Facebook profile just so my relative would have someone to talk to (apart from the 300+ random friends she's made from other countries). I'm a little concerned the therapist is crossing a line. If so, what can be done about it?

Answer: Codes of ethics that govern the therapist/patient relationship really only forbid sex between client and therapist. Close relationships are not forbidden, and, in fact, are sometimes helpful to the client. I would keep an eye on the situation, just to make sure the therapist isn't taking advantage of the relative, or putting her own needs before that of your relative, but otherwise, it doesn't sound like the therapist has really crossed any kind of line. There is a growing trend against the traditionally formal relationship between therapist and client, and this sometimes involves contact through the internet and more personal disclosure on the part of the therapist.

Question: How many surgeons have been wounded/killed in UK and ROI in the last 10 years by unhappy patients/relations? I need the above for a research. What is the survival rate?

Answer: 2,467

Question: I have a huge "Crush" on my Doctor..I blush when I look at him! What are the rules on Doc/Patient relations

Answer: If a doctor becomes involved in a relationship with a patient in my state. The doctor can be fined and lose his license to practice. Before you do anything that would entice him into a relationship switch doctors. How you could let him know about your feelings is ask him to refer you to another doctor. Tell him why you want to see another doctor. Also, mention that you've heard he could get into difficulty with the state licensing board if in fact he became involved in a personal relationship with a patient and the licensing board found out via an anonymous tip.

Question: Doctor patient relations? My former doctor was older than me & we were close for several yrs. Under certain circumstances when I wasn't aware, he would rub my back, legs, head. He'd stay w/ me when I undressed w/o a nurse present. His staff knew me before I knew them & were curious or jealous of me. He started to undress me when examining me. It seemed so natural to him that I don't think he realized what he did. His family came to visit me when I was ill. He'd quietly show up to see me on his way home. This is a little of what happened. I can't be more detailed b/c I fear someone recognizing my situation.Then he suddenly dropped me. I don't know if he was truly attracted & the reason for no longer caring for me. My medical case is tough & I need him. Does it sound like he was attracted to me? How do I get him back as my doc?

Answer: Doctors try not to get emotionally attached to their patients. I think that once he realized that he has started getting emotionally attached to you, he dropped you. - Professional ethics.

Question: What role does the patient play in relation to a multi-disciplinary team approach?

Answer: their opinion of their care and needs being met in timely fashion as well as courtesy and respect to them and privacy. This reflects on the whole medical staff.

Question: what is d "typical" professional patient relationship model?what factors affect professianal-patient relation? how has this relationship changed and what is its future?

Answer: If you are too professional-patients won't trust you, if you're too personal patients will want to have a relationship/sex with you. Just get with them, and get it over with already.

Question: Are doctors allowed to have sexual relations with patients?

Answer: It is unethical, but not illegal. As long as the client is psychologically stable and mature enough to provide consent, then it is their choice. If ever a problem arose, the doctor could be viewed as abusing his position of trust.

Question: what do you think of when you hear/see: Patient Assistance Administration? or which would you prefer: Patient Relations Patient Affairs Patient Concern Office

Answer: i think wow, i'd wanna see that... But i'm sure they have movies about it, like romantic ones hehe.