Re: FW: In defense of docs (was Doctors' knowledge of radiation exposure)

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Bob,

You have found yourself in a very admirable position. 

I know that if you take a personal interest in

physician and patient concerns, you will always make a

difference.  Many of us who try to make a difference

in helping people understand radiation effects and

risk get frustrated with the amount of baggage some

people carry, but we need to keep plugging along.  



--- Bob Scott <bscott@4scotts.net> wrote:

> I sent this out on Saturday, but doesn't seem to

> have been sent.  So I'm

> trying again.

>  

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Bob Scott [mailto:bscott@4scotts.net] 

> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 10:19 AM

> To: 'radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu'

> Subject: In defense of docs (was Doctors' knowledge

> of radiation

> exposure)

>  

> I believe I had good raport with the docs at the

> hospitals where I

> worked.  My specialty was radiation safety; they

> expected me to have all

> the radiation safety info in my head or at my

> fingertips.  I dealt with

> endocrinologists, cardiologists, surgeons,

> urologists, pathologists,

> anesthesiologists, emergency room physicians,

> dentists, pain

> specialists, podiatrists, infectious disease

> specialists,

> gastroenterologists, and other docs whose

> specialties I may not have

> known, as well as radiologists, radiation

> oncologists and nuclear

> medicine physicians.  I would NEVER have expected

> them to know what I

> know in my specialty, and they would NEVER have

> expected me to know what

> they know in their specialty.  Whenever I was asked,

> I would either give

> them the answer or find out the answer and inform

> them of it.  I would

> not be appalled at their lack of knowledge of my

> specialty.  I respected

> them for their knowledge and I hope they respected

> me for mine.

> Whenever I had an opportunity to inform, I took it,

> and in most cases it

> was accepted, at least to my face.  I also

> understand that there has

> historically been so much mis-information in our

> culture about radiation

> safety issues that almost all individuals with whom

> I have had occasion

> to discuss those issues and who are not radiation

> safety specialists

> carry much of that cultural bias with them

> routinely, and that includes

> doctors who use radiation sources.  Such

> understanding would not deter

> me from continuing to hear that person's concerns,

> and trying to

> continue to communicate with that person.  Once when

> I was much younger

> I was riding with a former academic dean at a

> college where I had

> taught, and we got into a discussion on nuclear

> power and safety issues.

> I was adamant on my position and did not listen to

> his position.  I

> never saw the man again.  So I say rather than being

> critical, even in

> subconscious thoughts, be generous and kind and if

> the person, whether

> doctor, lawyer or Indian chief seems curious, then

> impart what you know

> on this issue and hope that eventually we will make

> a dent.

>  

> Bob Scott Esq. CHP

> Health Physics Consultant

> SCOTT & SCOTT, P.C.

> 45 Cove Road

> Westerly, RI  02891-4440

> 401-322-0576

> 401-322-1700 (FAX)

>  bscott@4scotts.net

> 

> 

> 





=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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