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Show jt ii iLnwEm m&i mu i DESERET NEWS, MONDAY, MARCH 1 14 A 1, 1974 'Doctors have to take the risk of caring' By Udine Jarvik the wall. tng to probe such issues as patient in an effort to dignity and death title suggests, course move, as the Toward A Humanistic Medicine is Dr Physician know thyself, Hershgold's philosophy. If a doctor doesnt understand his own feelings how can he about dying, for example come to grips with a patient's feelings Deseret News staff writer When Bob was admitted to the hospital for the first time, we decided we had to make his room look more like home. It was so stark and depressing. Things like soft colors and pictures on the ualls and a TV that doesn't make a scratchy nouse theyre small things but they mean so much to a patient uhois dying. These were Patti Driver's feelings her husband was first admitted to the University of Utah Hospital in 19 By the time he died there two and f years later of leukemia, at the age of 34, both he and Patti had left humanist'C Dr. Hershgold defines as "an awareness of the medicine relationship. t selves in a a doctor gets that feel He doesnt doctor-patien- more humane simply by growing older m The pattern, he says, must begin medical school schools across Fifty or 60 medical courses, similar the country now offer of Law, of U 0 College at the and Prof Ben Moya last semester experimented with a parallel kind ot class for hw cfurfpnts Dr Hershgold points optimistically to a memorandum from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare with my feelings. one-hal- If you talk to the average layman. says Dr. Hershgold, hell tell you he s not satisfied with the medical profession. He will tell you that doctors are unfeeling Whether this is actually true or not. people think it is Indeed, something seems to be going around a contagious discomfort m the nation that doctors give medical care without caring behind a legacy of humanism The first thing Patti did when Bob was hospitalized was buy him a madras bedspread, and that was soon followed green throw rugs She brought aJVcord player from home, and when I was strong enough, they danced More importantly, she and Bob asked that he be treated like a human being as w$ll as a patient Why, they asked, did h$ have to be awakened at 6 a m for a bfd bath Why did their five small children have to be relegated to the waiting a heavy Doctors have today burden, says Dr Hershgold The technology and the facts are overwhelming, and medical students are expected to learn much of it iwom that being todays hospimeans too often tals accepting im personalized treatment from the medThe Drivers But in the process, medical may have ost the values and which cant be taught on a basis believed treated like a patient m ical profession We felt that doctors had to begin to take the nsk of coring. We just didnt buy that stuff that a doctor cant be humanly involved and objective too it's just a Cop-ou- t. After we' broke down the barriers there were a lot of incredibly beautiful doctors and nurses Dr Edward Hershgold, hematologist at the University of Utah Hospital, met the Drivers earlv in Bob s ness drawn-ou- t ill- - Ilis association with the Drivers helped convince him that something should be done to bang humanism bark into medicine such prestige. Recently. now Patti Driver, and living in California, talked with the class about her remained I'm not underselling our power to cure disease. he stresses "W e have it but in our power to relieve sufienng we often dont People feel that the med cal profession no longer gives personal care, says Dr. Edward Hershgold, who has launched a new U. of U. course called "Toward A Humanistic Medicine." that they cared, erd accepted what we were trying to do. to support expressing a desire medical training These are not things that can be Dr. way, in a didactic taught Just telling a stuHershgold stresses dent to treat the whole patient doesn't work. His students are encouraged to examine them feelings about death, responsiloss of patient bility, stereotyping, dignity, and threats to their status and A lot of the progiess ue made was made only because we stood up and asked for it. What about the patients who dont I Its easier to be intimidated in a hospital than anyand the staff is often place else intimidated too. Sometimes theyre Tke nurses were really wonder- too afraid to reach out to other ful to us they'd call down to people. y ahead of time so Bob wouldnt have to wait a long time Dr Hershgold hopes ui the future to in line. Sometimes patients had to lined wait for an hour, See HUMANISM on page up against Oeserot Newt photo by Poul G Barker who showed Youre sick smiling. Id be riding on the elevator and a Pink Lady or doctor uould say "How are you, Mrs. Driver I and I would say "Im feeling a little sad today. And they would say Thafs nice. Either they ueren't listening or they just couldn't cope wh-- n Its degrading. and you feel so totally impotent and anyway. And most doctors nurses would just walk by without At the beginning of the 1973-7school year, Dr Hershgold initiated an expen- course at College of Medicme 4 X-ra- Once a we.K, a small group of medi- cal students and nurses have been meet- - A-1- 7 Spring cleaning hints left m them By Dorsey Connors find that if I turn the can for a few seconds and then press the button, the rest of the liquid comes out 1 .It's that time of year again upside-dow- -- 4 spring cleaning time! 'Here are some hints from readers on that subjectJDEAR DORSEY: Ive found i8 so much easier to do my spring cleaning in easy steps Each week when I do my rfgular housework, i tackle one extra job, such as washing and ironing the curtains or doing one or two closets thoroughly, or cleamng the walls and woodwork in one room I start early so that by the tune spring arrives. I'm free td start my gardening, which is something I really love to do. 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