04-11-2017, 10:49 AM
Studies indicate patients immediately forget 40-60% of what their doctor tells them. Half of what they do remember is wrong. So patients accurately remember 20-30% of the information they are given.
Hobson reports what they say secondhand.
Our own Jim O has been the victim of this. Dennard told Jim he suffered a shoulder separation and told Hobson the same injury was a dislocation. A separation and a dislocation sound similar, but are totally different injuries with different treatments and prognoses.
Long story short, take anything Hobson reports about injuries with a giant grain a salt.
Hobson reports what they say secondhand.
Our own Jim O has been the victim of this. Dennard told Jim he suffered a shoulder separation and told Hobson the same injury was a dislocation. A separation and a dislocation sound similar, but are totally different injuries with different treatments and prognoses.
Long story short, take anything Hobson reports about injuries with a giant grain a salt.