literally at his mercy? I may delete this question. If it's ok with you, please tell me what you would do.
My grandmother broke her leg last week and is now in a hospital waiting for an operation. A doctor in charge of her operation told me there was a possiblity that people around her age could go senile while in a hospital. She was diagnosed with a mild cerebral infarction last year, so it could really happen.
She's usually ninety percent normal, but still something wrong with her. She considers herself completely okay and dislikes very much when I say there's something wrong with her. I assumed the hospital she's stayed in had psychiatrists, in which they actually didn't, and asked one of the nurses to get her an urgent professional help as she kept saying something that didn't make sense in the past five days in the hospital.
Later, the doctor turned up when I saw her beside her bed, and he talked about senile dementia RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER. She was shocked and tried hard to explain to him that she was completely alright, but he ignored her as if she was nothing and kept explaining to me that they didn't have the experts of psychiatry and their top priority was taking care of her broken leg.
I've consulted the medical staff about the whole thing related to her mental conditions outside of her bedroom, so this was the first time she'd ever known that I doubted the possibility of her being dementia. Her feelings were hurt. After the doctor left, she freaked out and accused me of like stabbing her back. I know where she's coming from. Who'd feel fine if they knew their family member tried to make you look like a dementia patient, which you strongly believed you were not?
As a result, her blood pressure soared high enough to surprise a nurse that came to check it right after that.(She's now waiting for her blood pressure and other blood conditions turning normal to get a leg operation.)
I think the doctor could've avoided talking about it in front of her; psychiatric things are a sensitive topic. But I also know that doctors are busy enough to have to act in a matter-of-fact way.
Would you or would you not complain to him? If you would, was it at first hand, through his boss or by answering the questionaire about the hospital evaluation? Can you please tell me specifically?
Your opinion would be appreciated.
My grandmother broke her leg last week and is now in a hospital waiting for an operation. A doctor in charge of her operation told me there was a possiblity that people around her age could go senile while in a hospital. She was diagnosed with a mild cerebral infarction last year, so it could really happen.
She's usually ninety percent normal, but still something wrong with her. She considers herself completely okay and dislikes very much when I say there's something wrong with her. I assumed the hospital she's stayed in had psychiatrists, in which they actually didn't, and asked one of the nurses to get her an urgent professional help as she kept saying something that didn't make sense in the past five days in the hospital.
Later, the doctor turned up when I saw her beside her bed, and he talked about senile dementia RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER. She was shocked and tried hard to explain to him that she was completely alright, but he ignored her as if she was nothing and kept explaining to me that they didn't have the experts of psychiatry and their top priority was taking care of her broken leg.
I've consulted the medical staff about the whole thing related to her mental conditions outside of her bedroom, so this was the first time she'd ever known that I doubted the possibility of her being dementia. Her feelings were hurt. After the doctor left, she freaked out and accused me of like stabbing her back. I know where she's coming from. Who'd feel fine if they knew their family member tried to make you look like a dementia patient, which you strongly believed you were not?
As a result, her blood pressure soared high enough to surprise a nurse that came to check it right after that.(She's now waiting for her blood pressure and other blood conditions turning normal to get a leg operation.)
I think the doctor could've avoided talking about it in front of her; psychiatric things are a sensitive topic. But I also know that doctors are busy enough to have to act in a matter-of-fact way.
Would you or would you not complain to him? If you would, was it at first hand, through his boss or by answering the questionaire about the hospital evaluation? Can you please tell me specifically?
Your opinion would be appreciated.