The wheel of Life A memoir of Living and Dying, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' autobiography combines the personal, the public, the political of her search for helping patients and medical personnel find common ground in what they need to know, what they want to know, what we as health care providers feel they MUST know and follow. The issues of our medical judgement surrounding "non-complience" makes health care literacy relevant to individuals. How do we as nurses "listen" to the verbal and non-verbal messages from patients? How do we as professionals combine compassion, caring, and respect of the patient in our expectations for the patient? In the end it is always about the patient and the patient's choice.
Perhaps in this world of quick MD visits and hospitals where the nurses are "never the same" we have to examine where trust and follow up takes place for patients.
As I examine more antodotal information and multi discipline research-I see time and purpose coming to the forefront. Equally important seems to be the comfort level of those of us who teach-both with diverse patient, the innformation we need to teach, and the goals.
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