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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We need to stop stigmatizing HIV tests. It’s really important if you are doing a thorough work up (swollen lymph nodes), unexplained fevers, chills etc. to test as part of a work up. We also test all adults now at least once in adulthood. It’s silly to ignore that this disease exists esp when it’s so treatable now. It’s sad to see people come in with cancers or other complications of HIV when it’s so treatable now just because of the stigma of testing for it! - doctor[/quote]

“WE” need to also TELL PATIENTS what tests we are ordering and give them a chance to discuss the reasons.

-PP whose GP ordered this without informing it and you bet I fired her[/quote]

Why would you care? [/quote]

Sometimes you have to do your due diligence. You should understand that as a doctor if a patient’s symptoms warrant you to look into a deadly but treatable disease then you have to look into it. I’d rather you fire me then to end up with cancer and a host of complications couple years later because you wanted to pretend a disease doesn’t exist. I hope you find the care you are looking for. [/quote]

I hope so too. Patients deserve to know why you are ordering a test or doing anything else.

Medical errors are the third leading cause of hospital deaths. Involving patients in their own care (along with a bunch of other measures, like introducing and actually following checklists), would reduce this risk.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28186008/#:~:text=Recent%20studies%20of%20medical%20errors,third%20leading%20cause%20of%20death.[/quote]

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