The growing harassment and assaults of the medical fraternity has left doctors to ponder on the choices. They are coming on to the table and discuss issues pertaining doctor-patient conflicts. The medicos have been demanding ‘patient autonomy’ to end doctor-patient conflict in hospitals. The Government Medical College Srinagar has been time and again organizing training workshops on Bioethics- where doctors were trained about their work order and their treatment toward the patients. On one side doctors believe that conflict can be reduced if we give genuine autonomy to patients while dealing with them in hospitals and healthcare clinics. Patient autonomy is essential principle of ethics because it builds the trust among people for doctors. What happens when a doctor’s ill treats a patient; the results are depressing and disastrous. The ailing person who has the capacity to understand their medical condition and the risks and benefits of some action upon them, has the ethical right, under most circumstances, to make that decision for themselves and expect the physician to abide with their request. If doctor decides to give ‘autonomy’ to patient he will be able to build a trust for himself. It will be helpful for the doctor to treat properly without any conflict. The medicos primarily should be sensitized about their role and patients’ expectations in patient-doctor relationship and effective communication skills and channels. Experts believe that the doctor-patient relationship is at an all-time low in Kashmir. However there is a lot to work on n this front. Programmes should be held which will revive this relationship. The trust-deficit leads between doctor and patient and to rising incidents of doctor-patient conflicts evidenced by regular occurrences of attacks on doctors. The doctors who are professional breed need to understand their jobs and their boundaries to work. Importantly the lack of communication and public dealing is the main reason for crisis in the hospitals for the profession. There is a proactive need for doctors to engage with media and the public to dispel misconceptions. Why should be there policies from the government as to pitch for modification of policy to the needs of medical professionals such as ensuring safety at workplaces, enhanced recruitment, regular supply of healthcare drugs and devices. Hospitals are meant to cure patients and not to harass them. Doctors are considered to be “next to god” as far as the importance of their profession is concerned, however, who will set the things right, time will tell.
The growing harassment and assaults of the medical fraternity has left doctors to ponder on the choices. They are coming on to the table and discuss issues pertaining doctor-patient conflicts. The medicos have been demanding ‘patient autonomy’ to end doctor-patient conflict in hospitals. The Government Medical College Srinagar has been time and again organizing training workshops on Bioethics- where doctors were trained about their work order and their treatment toward the patients. On one side doctors believe that conflict can be reduced if we give genuine autonomy to patients while dealing with them in hospitals and healthcare clinics. Patient autonomy is essential principle of ethics because it builds the trust among people for doctors. What happens when a doctor’s ill treats a patient; the results are depressing and disastrous. The ailing person who has the capacity to understand their medical condition and the risks and benefits of some action upon them, has the ethical right, under most circumstances, to make that decision for themselves and expect the physician to abide with their request. If doctor decides to give ‘autonomy’ to patient he will be able to build a trust for himself. It will be helpful for the doctor to treat properly without any conflict. The medicos primarily should be sensitized about their role and patients’ expectations in patient-doctor relationship and effective communication skills and channels. Experts believe that the doctor-patient relationship is at an all-time low in Kashmir. However there is a lot to work on n this front. Programmes should be held which will revive this relationship. The trust-deficit leads between doctor and patient and to rising incidents of doctor-patient conflicts evidenced by regular occurrences of attacks on doctors. The doctors who are professional breed need to understand their jobs and their boundaries to work. Importantly the lack of communication and public dealing is the main reason for crisis in the hospitals for the profession. There is a proactive need for doctors to engage with media and the public to dispel misconceptions. Why should be there policies from the government as to pitch for modification of policy to the needs of medical professionals such as ensuring safety at workplaces, enhanced recruitment, regular supply of healthcare drugs and devices. Hospitals are meant to cure patients and not to harass them. Doctors are considered to be “next to god” as far as the importance of their profession is concerned, however, who will set the things right, time will tell.
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