RIGHT so when I started my sociology course in college, my teacher stated us off with
‘well I guess we have to do icebreakers. i’m Jon, and I fear bears. why do I fear bears? because bears can run at 30 miles per hour and Chester Zoo is 30 miles away. that means a bear can be outside this door in an hour. why would a bear be here? because they can smell fear and I fear them.’
Ok, everyone, send this out. We need this on the viral
We never ask a patient (of any age or gender identity) about their relationships when anyone else is in the room; spouse, significant other, friend, sibling, mother, father, CHILD, etc. It can be anyone; the rates of child to parent negligence and elder abuse is terrifying and staggering. We’re taught to find distractors like this, especially when someone refuses to leave the room when we ask for privacy with the patient.
