Medicine in its historical development acts as such a social institution in which many bioethical ideas were born and mastered. To solve the problems that it has been facing for many centuries, medicine is forced to turn to philosophy, its ideas, and its provisions, thereby confirming that modern society needs ethics and philosophy. The activity that future doctors choose is moral in itself, presupposing love for one’s neighbor, presupposing compassion, a desire to help. Any moral problems that a doctor faces become the subject of philosophical discussion.
There was a misunderstanding in the situation with the patient Lucinda Ramirez since the nurse did not specify from her exactly how she should have acted. In this situation, a basic knowledge of psychology would help: often, a person thinks about his own during a conversation and loses the essence of the conversation without realizing it. Most likely, Ramirez was embarrassed to admit that, in fact, she does not remember half of the stages of treatment of her wound (Decety, 2020). The nurse should have asked the patient to repeat the stages of treatment to make sure that everyone understood each other. Of course, there is no universal recipe for interaction with the patient, but implementing simple recommendations will be an important step towards cooperation with him in the fight against the disease. On the one hand, these recommendations cover universal rules of productive communication that satisfy the interlocutors. On the other hand, rules focused specifically on preventing refusal of treatment, not serious attitude to it.
In conclusion, for a doctor as a professional, such key points as correct diagnosis, the appointment of adequate treatment and obtaining a certain result, and the presence of clinical thinking (allows the doctor to build a collaborative relationship with the patient) are important. In addition, communicative competence is important, which implies the presence of certain psychological knowledge. For example, it is good when a doctor knows about personality types, about the ways of experiencing and responding to stress in different people depending on the type of temperament.
Reference
Decety, J. (2020). Empathy in medicine: what it is, and how much we really need it.The American journal of medicine, 133(5), 561-566. Web.