Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id OAA14468; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:59:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:59:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <75.1c192a3.25e4440a@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: G4DNeri@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2210] Re: It's a control issue X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 67 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: OR In a message dated 02/22/2000 12:35:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dwyoho@aol.com writes: << << You're still under the notion that health-care professionals want to empower their patients, want them to understand, and want them to participate in decision making? >> The cynicism behind this statement, plus the assertion or implication that health professionals deliberately obfuscate patient information for "control", bothers me, and I am not even a health professional. Yet, I suppose there could be a grain of truth here. I just want to say the essence of health literacy involves building bridges. If we assume that health professionals don't want anything to do with this idea, we are defeated before we ever begin. On the other hand, I think a fair question to pose as efforts in this field grow is "What's in it for the health professional?" So far, my experience answers: At the very least, health literacy efforts are essential to lower the risk of lawsuits and ugly publicity for the health community--and insurance companies, pharmaceuticals, etc. Comments, anyone? Deborah W. Yoho >> Well....In addition, my personal belief/value system includes the concept that all living things are in some way interconnected and interdependent. (My, aren't I getting philosophical here?? :) What affects one, affects all, ultimately and/or eventually...one way or another, like a drop of water making infinite ripples in a body of water. So perhaps for the good of the whole of humanity, as well as for us as individuals and health care clinicians, "we" should care..... Just some food for thought.....my 2 cents worth..... Donna ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donna Bain Neri, MSN, FNP-C Family & Community Health Nurse Practitioner Healing Touch Practitioner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clinical Consultant & Health Educator Rural Health Outreach Program Nelson County, Virginia, USA W: (804) 263-4858 Fax: (804) 263-4160 H: (804) 295-1245 g4dneri@aol.com or rhopdn@ceva.net
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