Respect means to establish a shared language.
The following posts explain, why we have to, and how we can create an environment of shared language:
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- Why I consider the “routine approach” wrong?
The traditional way causes confrontation The traditional way causes confrontation.
Let’s have a closer look at how this confrontational experience in the child as well as in the parent is triggered. Read more:
- Your examination room
Is this the way to the dungeon? Your examination room is their dungeon. Where is here the parallel? Dungeons are scary places. The first step of torture in medieval time was to drag the victim into an unfamiliar room. The second step of torture was to take away the victim’s liberty to go whenever they want. The third step of torture was to just show them the instruments for pain. Read more: - A scary place called hospital
Peeking behind the curtain of the hospital, the scary place. - How to make a bad first impression- and how to avoid that!
Bad first impressions can ruin the whole consultation - It’s not about us
The patient is centre stage of their life - The knowledge hierarchy
The knowledge imbalance between doctor and patient - The idea of guilt in relation to disease
It is your fault when you are sick. - Expectations for the consultation
Expectation for the consultation differs from the reality - Perceptions of the consultation
The same situation can be read differently - Trespassing personal boundaries
Person setting personal boundaries - This will hurt
It hurts when the doctor takes blood from the veins - Our body speaks louder than our words
Our bodies speak louder than our words - The pre-verbal child is not “heard
Discipline and parenting. Adorable Asian baby girl in tears crying and pleading for attention, attached to parent’s ankle while lying on the grass at the park on a summer day. - Different needs regarding time
- Why I consider the “routine approach” wrong?
