I type the letters explaining to the general practitioner that the patient has been diagnosed with cancer, and that this news has been broken to the patient and that they were devastated and blah. I type the referral letters to the therapists when the patient needs help coping with the whole thing. I type the letters that say that the patient's treatment hasn't been helping, or that they've taken a turn for the worse. Sure, sometimes I get "They're getting better" or "it wasn't what we thought it was", but that's really not what sticks in the head.
*hugs*
...my opinion, if it helps? You do your job well. Bloody well, if even half what you put on LJ is accurate (and incredibly bloody well if it's all accurate ;) ).
So... Your work means GPs actually know what their patients have wrong with them. It gets people to therapists, gets the news passed on that they really need their treatment sorted out right now because it's not working, to put it simply you keep things moving so the patients actually get the help they need.
You're not a doctor or a nurse. So, you -are- doing all you can to help. Go You! *waves flag merrily* *s*
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Date: 2008-06-06 03:38 pm (UTC)*hugs*
...my opinion, if it helps? You do your job well. Bloody well, if even half what you put on LJ is accurate (and incredibly bloody well if it's all accurate ;) ).
So... Your work means GPs actually know what their patients have wrong with them. It gets people to therapists, gets the news passed on that they really need their treatment sorted out right now because it's not working, to put it simply you keep things moving so the patients actually get the help they need.
You're not a doctor or a nurse. So, you -are- doing all you can to help. Go You! *waves flag merrily* *s*