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| Do Korean Dr.'s ask you if you have any allergies? |
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TommyPickles
Joined: 19 Apr 2004
Location: Australia
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What about when you've asked the doctor what they were giving you, they give you a 'cures the symptom, not the disease' fix and you know its wrong?
That was my experience with the doctor employed at the university where I studied at in Korea. I was suffering from a bout of diaorrehea when I went to see the GP. I described the problem to her and she gave me a naaaasty looking pink slip. The other exchange students had forewarned me about it - it basically turns your stomach into a brick so that you no longer 'give a s****', so to speak.
Back home in Australia I have never ever been subscribed that nor owould I want to. I told the doctor politely, "no no, anything else?" because I would rather get to the cause of the problem. Instead, she insisted I take it AND gave me an extra bottle of some kind of pills I had no idea what they did.
I'm surprised the other post got deleted about the negligence of a school to take proper medical care of their staff so I am not sure if it is correct for me to discuss about. But I will say this nonetheless: When doctors take the Hippocratic oath which has been around for thousands of years, they realise they should put a patients consideration first. Giving them options or realising any consequences is not only bound to a doctors moral code, but a legal responsibility.
If you are knocked out, then a doctor should take the most precautionary action possible. If they cannot speak English, then they should call for an interpreter. If you can be asked 'whats the problem' then surely you can be asked 'do you have any allergies'. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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One of my Korean co-workers is having her allergy symptoms treated with weekly foot massages for only W1 million per month.
Hunh? |
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Homer
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Well demophobe,
now you know and knowing is half the battle...  |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| You are all adults. I assume you have gotten sick back home and survived it. |
I've gotten sick, but, until recently, I've shied away from taking medicines, and I have no known and documented allergic reactions. There's a first time for everything. Of course, I'm not speaking for everyone else.
However, the swarmy attitude is pretty asanine. You'd think that people won an award for being right on this message board or something... |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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Homer is right. It is up to us to use our common sense, because Korean doctors don't have any.
BTW, they never ask if you are currently taking medication for something else either. And girls, have they ever asked you if you could be pregnant? |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| diver wrote: |
Homer is right. It is up to us to use our common sense, because Korean doctors don't have any.
BTW, they never ask if you are currently taking medication for something else either. And girls, have they ever asked you if you could be pregnant? |
Or on birth control? |
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