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Originally Posted by jimi...
If it was seen as something that could and maybe should be changed later on as they get more facts I would be fine. It's bad when they think the last doc just couldn't be wrong so they try to just see what fits and sometimes make some stuff up. Not that all docs are like that but some really need to be more open minded.
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I knew someone who worked in an inpatient mental health setting. He was not a professional, but was closely involved with patients. He said it was kind of a standing joke amongst some of the staff that pdocs really don't like to have to rethink things. He said the pdocs were always saying, "Let's see the old chart." (From, perhaps, a previous admission.) Like . . . they were more interested in knowing what the last pdoc said than in interviewing the patient and doing a fresh assessment.
That has happened to me, and I think it is a huge problem.