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How many times have you trusted those who appear to have greater authority over our major life care decisions – be they personal or for another family member? It’s surprising just how quickly a medical professional is forced to make life saving, or potentially threatening decisions – yes it’s often less than 10 seconds! One friend, now sadly gone, battled sloppy d…
How many times have you trusted those who appear to have greater authority over our major life care decisions – be they personal or for another family member?
It’s surprising just how quickly a medical professional is forced to make life saving, or potentially threatening decisions – yes it’s often less than 10 seconds!
One friend, now sadly gone, battled sloppy decisions with her doctor. Literally, as she was facing the end of her life, her doctor told her not to worry about the hospital bill, he’d make sure it was taken care of!
Seriously?
Yes, an egregious consequences happened due to “trusted” decisions.
This doctor fought the issue until she had all the details lined up – with insiders sharing the truth, and stories of how frequently this doctor made “mistakes.”
The key here is that the doctor was lying to her the entire time, about what had happened. That was until the last few weeks of her life.
That doctor, BTW, is still practicing and has a positive affiliation with the hospital.
When I met the now, retired CEO of the hospital and asked him how they remove less than competent medical professions from their lineup of staff. He said “with doctors we have to wait until they retire. We can’t remove them from our roster unless there are numerous issues that put patients at constant at risk.”
What?
I’ll dive deeper into this in other shows however, this next episode is about how to better read a doctor, or any medical professional’s face, to help you determine if they are giving you the truth and nothing but the truth.
There's much more in this episode and the show notes below.
How do you know when someone’s lying to you? What about when they’re hiding something from you? It’s one thing if that person is a friend, co-worker, or even enemy. It could be much worse if it’s a medical professional unwilling to deliver bad news to you, or the one you’re caring for.
Where do you start to uncover the truth? Start by watching faces.
Many good doctors, aides, hospice members, and other medical professionals are never comfortable delivering bad news. Although trained on so many levels, few master the skills of deceit.
In this episode Joseph McGuire and I discuss how to more easily detect what’s going on in the heads of your medical team as they talk with you. Learning how to identify which information they feel they can’t (or simply won’t) share can save you and yours a lot of grief later on.
In this show, we cover a lot including:
One more thing… you might also learn how to understand your own sibling’s behavior from some of the details that Joseph shares with me here in this show, as well.
Helpful links:
Article: Why Faces Don't Always Tell us The Truth
Book: Never Split The Difference, by Chris Voss
Guest: Joseph McGuire, is the CEO of Clearshight Communications. Having practiced, taught and honed his techniques over a period of more than 30 years Joseph has developed a mastery of observational skills. He uses them to add an extra degree of clarity and accuracy to many levels of decision making and negotiations. Within his group work he teaches people using his 7 stage program of ‘Communicate, Negotiate and Collaborate’.
He is highly experienced in the role of impartial and unbiased observer, enabling interviewers to focus on asking questions specifically role related.
You can find Joseph on LinkedIn, Twitter, and on Clearsight Communications.com.
Host: Nancy May, Author How to Survive 911 Medical Emergencies, Step-by-Step Before, During, After! Expert in managing the path of step-by-step caring for an aging parent or family member, even from over 1200 miles away, or more. For a Free File-of-Life to www.howtosurvive911.com. Nancy is also the Co-Founder of CareManity LLC, and the private FaceBook group, Eldercare Success.
Disclaimer: The views, perspectives, and opinions expressed in this show are those of the show guest and not directly those of the companies they serve or that of the host or the producer CareManity, LLC. Information discussed should not be taken as medical, legal, or financial advice. Please seek the advice or you own personal medical, legal or financial advisors as each person’s situation is different. (c) Copyright 2022 CareManity, LLC all rights reserved. CareManity is a trademark of CareManity, LLC.
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