When I was in hospital in the UK, it seemed that anyone could look at and write in my notes - apart from me., To see them I would have to put in a special request and then everyone first got a chance to redact anything they had written! I spoke to psychologist who said the notes can be very dehumanising and blaming of the patients! So I think this is a good idea for the US.
That's interesting and disturbing, Gary! I'm glad they could redact first, but it's upsetting to think that it is standard practice to write dehumanizing comments about patients. (Though I've seen many articles about that, sigh.) Thank you for sharing the U.K. perspective.
When I was in hospital in the UK, it seemed that anyone could look at and write in my notes - apart from me., To see them I would have to put in a special request and then everyone first got a chance to redact anything they had written! I spoke to psychologist who said the notes can be very dehumanising and blaming of the patients! So I think this is a good idea for the US.
That's interesting and disturbing, Gary! I'm glad they could redact first, but it's upsetting to think that it is standard practice to write dehumanizing comments about patients. (Though I've seen many articles about that, sigh.) Thank you for sharing the U.K. perspective.