Want to record your doctor’s appointment?

[Peace for All]

I please request everyone to have a think of whether having CCTV and audio recording of your appointments with your medical professionals, especially the ones related to Psychology is helpful from a personal, health and legal perspective

Please check out these 2 threads from The Conversation and Reddit - see how a medical professional can "misinterpret" what you say and put you in deep personal, health and legal trouble


"Want to record your doctor’s appointment? Great idea, but first, check it’s legal"

https://theconversation.com/want-to-record-your-doctors-appointment-great-idea-but-first-check-its-legal-147747#:~:text=Only in NSW and SA,tell them you want to.


"Does anyone else have a messed up medical record?"




Also, if you provided "consent" to a trusted person like a family member, to "represent" you, in personal affairs, just see how things could backfire, if the relationship gets torn, from the singer Brittany Spears' saga

"Britney Spears conservatorship case"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears_conservatorship_case


Please feel free to share your negative experiences with blindly trusting medical professionals or with consented parties, without mentioning their personal details

 

[Mr Bones]

ඕඩියෝ රෙකෝඩ් කර ගත්තත් CCTV රෙකෝඩ් කරන්නේ කොහොමද

 

[Peace for All]

ඕඩියෝ රෙකෝඩ් කර ගත්තත් CCTV රෙකෝඩ් කරන්නේ කොහොමද

Thanks Mr Bones for your response

The purpose of my thread was to raise awareness that as much as it's helpful to have everything audio and video recorded, during a healthcare appointment, due to legislation it may not be possible, which is unfortunate..!

However those threads, I quoted, mentions how the world is moving forward with making helpful changes to the system, including in one US institution, doctors who let their consultations be recorded get a discount for their indemnity insurance, because of the reduced risk of being sued for malpractice. It makes sense, because when there’s a recording, there is less chance of a disagreement arising over who said what.

(In a somewhat similar topic in Australia, it is legal to record police officers during a traffic stop in Australia, as you have the right to film in public spaces. However, you must not hinder the officers' duties while recording. Police cannot legally confiscate your device or force you to delete footage, though there are specific circumstances, such as terrorism laws, where they may be able to do so - not sure about the law in SL)

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[SK29]

I appreciate this. But given the dominant nature of doctors in Sri Lanka, what you can do only to take the audio recording secretly. I will never believe a local doctor will allow you to record his/her session.

When I visited a doctor with my mom(appointment was for her), I asked questions like will this make her dizzy or drowsy. Dr was offended by my questions and asked my profession. When I said I'm in IT industry, he said specifically don't search online about his meds. And he repeated with 'Do you understand?'

Only he can ask questions. we have to answer to them. And he will prescribe some drugs. Then the session is over. This is a experienced consultant in Colombo General Hospital.

Sri Lankan doctors try to asset dominance and try to be defensive when you ask questions. Can't imagine what will happen if we ask to record the session.

 

[jamiezue]

psychiatry is the most messed up branch of modern medicine I would say. Just because we dont have enough knowledge and we pretend like we do. I mean generally.

 

[Fiona Dabare]

just put the xanax and venlafaxine in the bag vro

 

[SK29]

psychiatry is the most messed up branch of modern medicine I would say. Just because we dont have enough knowledge and we pretend like we do. I mean generally.

too much grey area in the diagnosis and in the treatments.

 

[Chemist]

xanax

විනාසෙට අඩි තාලම හරිද.

 

[Fiona Dabare]

විනාසෙට අඩි තාලම හරිද.

කැබිනට් එකේ තියෙනවා 10 කාර්ඩ් දෙකක්. ඒක දිහා බලලා, වතුර ටිකක් බීලා ගිහින් නිදා ගන්නවා.

 

[Chemist]

කැබිනට් එකේ තියෙනවා 10 කාර්ඩ් දෙකක්. ඒක දිහා බලලා, වතුර ටිකක් බීලා ගිහින් නිදා ගන්නවා.

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[Peace for All]

I appreciate this. But given the dominant nature of doctors in Sri Lanka, what you can do only to take the audio recording secretly. I will never believe a local doctor will allow you to record his/her session.

When I visited a doctor with my mom(appointment was for her), I asked questions like will this make her dizzy or drowsy. Dr was offended by my questions and asked my profession. When I said I'm in IT industry, he said specifically don't search online about his meds. And he repeated with 'Do you understand?'

Only he can ask questions. we have to answer to them. And he will prescribe some drugs. Then the session is over. This is a experienced consultant in Colombo General Hospital.

Sri Lankan doctors try to asset dominance and try to be defensive when you ask questions. Can't imagine what will happen if we ask to record the session.

As much as I cannot agree with secretary recording the conversation, due to legislation, I certainly can understand your feelings and relate to your experiences, in SL and also in Aus

On a separate note, here in Aus, we have the My Health record, on the web, which "supposed to" detail all the treatments you received from medical professionals

I am not sure about the availability of such network in SL, except for the Doctor's own computer or the individual hospital's database

Regardless, I believe, it's really a wise thing to ask for a printout of the same, after each visit for transparency purpose

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psychiatry is the most messed up branch of modern medicine I would say. Just because we dont have enough knowledge and we pretend like we do. I mean generally.

too much grey area in the diagnosis and in the treatments.

Posting this for everyone's reference, which talks about Actor Tom Cruise's remarkable interview in 2005, when the www was relatively small and people had less say about how they were treated - he mentions about Ritalin, an overhyped med in EK as a "street drug"



Just checkout those thousands of comments..
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[SK29]

On a separate note, here in Aus, we have the My Health record, on the web, which "supposed to" detail all the treatments you received from medical professionals

there is no such system.

My mom was admitted to Colombo general hospital and stayed there couple of days. When we visited the regular clinic, those doctors didn't have access to the past medical records. They just checked the diagnosis card.

Also now they are not printing x-rays due to the cost. And its available in a 'system' until you are discharged. Then you can't access it. Doctors in the regular clinic don't care about it or dont have access to them.

 

[Chemist]

I appreciate this. But given the dominant nature of doctors in Sri Lanka, what you can do only to take the audio recording secretly. I will never believe a local doctor will allow you to record his/her session.

When I visited a doctor with my mom(appointment was for her), I asked questions like will this make her dizzy or drowsy. Dr was offended by my questions and asked my profession. When I said I'm in IT industry, he said specifically don't search online about his meds. And he repeated with 'Do you understand?'

Only he can ask questions. we have to answer to them. And he will prescribe some drugs. Then the session is over. This is a experienced consultant in Colombo General Hospital.

Sri Lankan doctors try to asset dominance and try to be defensive when you ask questions. Can't imagine what will happen if we ask to record the session.

බෙහෙත් වල නම් එහෙම දන්න බව පෙන්නපන්කෝ ඕකුංට යකා නගීනවා. ලංකාවේ විතරක් නෙවේ බං රටත් ඔච්චර තමා. Docලා තමන් ලියන බෙහෙතෙ එන ලිෆ්ලට් එක කියවල නැහැ. ඒකෙ Side Effect etc සියලු විස්තර තියෙනවා. ඒ වගේම සමහර බෙහෙත් වල Black Box Warnings වත් දන්නෙ නැහැ. හැබැයි රට එකම හොඳ දේ බෙහෙත ගද්දි පේෂන්ට ලිෆ්ලට් එකක් අනිවාරෙන් දෙනවා. දැන් නං ටිකක් අඩුයි, හැබැයි තාම ඉන්නවා Codeine නං ඇලජික් ඩොක්ටර් කිවුව ගමන් අහනවා Vicodinද/ Percocetද ඕනෙ කියල.

 

[Hamu mahaththaya1]

permit nam one habai,... rata yanawa nathnam api... ihim ihinm

 

[SK29]

One thing I noticed is you should dress well in a formal manner, when you go to a govt hospital(or any govt office). Most people in govt offices respect your attire. Their tone, behaviors may change according to your attire.

 

[Peace for All]

permit nam one habai,... rata yanawa nathnam api... ihim ihinm

Thanks for your contribution

In my experience, the difference between the living standards of the developed and developing world's, are due to law being enforced

We could agree that most landmark cases happened in the developed world, which gave rise to strict laws being enforced

For eg in SL still there's the Orphanage system, which is known for abuse, where as in Aus they were abolished long time ago and replaced by the foster care system

 

[Tramadol]

Antibiotics දෙන ඒවාට case watei නේද එතකොට

 

[Chemist]

Antibiotics දෙන ඒවාට case watei නේද එතකොට

දැන් ෆාමසි වලින් Ointment එකක් දෙන්න බැහැ ටියුබ් එක පෙන්නලා. මේ මාසේ ෆාමසි ගානකට ගැහුවා දඩ.

 

[Tramadol]

දැන් ෆාමසි වලින් Ointment එකක් දෙන්න බැහැ ටියුබ් එක පෙන්නලා. මේ මාසේ ෆාමසි ගානකට ගැහුවා දඩ.

Doctors ලා ලියන එක ගැන මන් කිව්වේ.

 

[Peace for All]

One thing I noticed is you should dress well in a formal manner, when you go to a govt hospital(or any govt office). Most people in govt offices respect your attire. Their tone, behaviors may change according to your attire.

which is unfair too, isn't it?

Here, you can dress in a jumper and go to court cuz people in the past must have argued against prejudice, when it comes to attire

In Brittany Spear's custodian case, I believe she used swearing and the judge was cool with that cuz that's part of her expressing her emotionally charged self

Imagine in 100 years, none of us, even our oppressors won't be alive - so why fear to speak up, while we can..?

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there is no such system.

My mom was admitted to Colombo general hospital and stayed there couple of days. When we visited the regular clinic, those doctors didn't have access to the past medical records. They just checked the diagnosis card.

Also now they are not printing x-rays due to the cost. And its available in a 'system' until you are discharged. Then you can't access it. Doctors in the regular clinic don't care about it or dont have access to them.

See, you can articulate your thoughts, very well - bet you can publish your thoughts into a small article on the weekend newspaper to raise awareness about the issue

You could become an advocate for change or the present system would always remain..
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