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Don and Camilla: wishing Don a speedy and uneventful recovery! A note to the group: not to belabor the topic, but I thought you may find Michael Woods' reply interesting. The old, stereotypical hysterical female hypochondriac, image may still be with us. The more things change, the more they stay the same?!! Oh, well... >Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 10:53:25 -0500 >From: [log in to unmask] (Michael Woods) >Sender: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] (Margaret Tuchman) >Subject: Re: computer literacy & doctors > >Dear Ms. Tuchman: > >Thanks a lot for your comments. I'll be writing on this topic -- computer >literacy and physicians -- in the future, and your response will be >valuable. I like your approach with the questions, too. Be aware, > however, >that some physicians regard patients with lists of questions as neurotics. >Unfortunately, that's especially true for female patients. Check old >medical textbooks on diagnosis, and this is actually stated. Might be >better to memorize the questions. Sad but apparently true. Would be great >if these people had email so you could communbicate that way, especially > for >prescription renewals and "telephone" consultations. But all-too-many are >computer illiterate and actually feel threatened by computers. Mike Woods > [log in to unmask]