Is fear of hospitals irrational?
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Is fear of hospitals irrational?
I think the main reason why people fear hospitals is fear of dying. Some other reasons that come to mind is being alone (away from family) or fear of needles or financial reasons.
Hospitals have a mission to get you better. So what do you think about this?
PhilX
Hospitals have a mission to get you better. So what do you think about this?
PhilX
Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
Who fears hospitals?
I can understand why the American might as it could cost them an arm and a leg and that's ignoring all the unnecessary procedures they may have to undergo due to their private insurance system but the rest of us, I think, don't actually fear hospitals.
Although given the rise of superbugs and the decline in antibiotic efficiency we may well go back to the days of true fear when entering a hospital for a procedure.
I can understand why the American might as it could cost them an arm and a leg and that's ignoring all the unnecessary procedures they may have to undergo due to their private insurance system but the rest of us, I think, don't actually fear hospitals.
Although given the rise of superbugs and the decline in antibiotic efficiency we may well go back to the days of true fear when entering a hospital for a procedure.
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
If it wasn't a philosophical question, would you lose interest in the thread?PauloL wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:28 am x..........................................................................................................x
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
That's not the question. This is a philosophical forum and so threads are expected to have some connection, even if remote, to Philosophy. That's not the case and it's why I questioned. If they start to post here anything not philosophical but likely to catch interest, this forum will expand a lot.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:49 am
If it wasn't a philosophical question, would you lose interest in the thread?
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
I think dignity is another aspect. The idea of being put under the care of a few qualified professions who are going to tell you what you can and can't do, and very few object to them because hey, "they're doctors and know what they're doing"; For some, that's a harder pill to swallow than any drug the hospital is going to give you.
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
Many fear infection, which is why low infection rates are a chief metric in qualitative hospital care assessment.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:43 am I think the main reason why people fear hospitals is fear of dying. Some other reasons that come to mind is being alone (away from family) or fear of needles or financial reasons.
Hospitals have a mission to get you better. So what do you think about this?
PhilX
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
Nope. You sign your autonomy away when you become medicalized. Essentially, you become a prisoner to people who can pretty much do anything to you. Not to mention that a great deal of death is due to medical mishap. Doesn't sound irrational to me at all.
Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
None of those fears are irrational.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:43 am I think the main reason why people fear hospitals is fear of dying. Some other reasons that come to mind is being alone (away from family) or fear of needles or financial reasons.
Add: the indignity of hospital gowns, lack of privacy for even the most personal bodily functions;
being exposed to the scrutiny of strangers, including student doctors and nurses;
the regimen of feeding and medication that utterly disrupts your biorhythms;
the various tests and procedures that may be intrusive, uncomfortable, painful and potentially risky;
the legal waivers you may be asked to sign;
diseases you may be exposed to;
malpractice, misdiagnosis, ineffective treatments, addiction to or bad side-effect of medication
unpalatable food; unpleasant room-mates.
Of course, if you're bleeding profusely or having chest pains, you want to arrive at a hospital as fast as possible.
It's all about the context!
Me, I've worked in two hospitals, been a successfully rehabilitated surgical patient and follow-up outpatient in two others, visited recovering loved ones in several more, taken other people and self to ER, attended ambulatory-care clinics, and followed the romantic and medical adventures of the staff of half a dozen imaginary hospitals on television.
I regard a hospital as a second home.
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
Did you overlook something on your resume?Skip wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:16 pmNone of those fears are irrational.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:43 am I think the main reason why people fear hospitals is fear of dying. Some other reasons that come to mind is being alone (away from family) or fear of needles or financial reasons.
Add: the indignity of hospital gowns, lack of privacy for even the most personal bodily functions;
being exposed to the scrutiny of strangers, including student doctors and nurses;
the regimen of feeding and medication that utterly disrupts your biorhythms;
the various tests and procedures that may be intrusive, uncomfortable, painful and potentially risky;
the legal waivers you may be asked to sign;
diseases you may be exposed to;
malpractice, misdiagnosis, ineffective treatments, addiction to or bad side-effect of medication
unpalatable food; unpleasant room-mates.
Of course, if you're bleeding profusely or having chest pains, you want to arrive at a hospital as fast as possible.
It's all about the context!
Me, I've worked in two hospitals, been a successfully rehabilitated surgical patient and follow-up outpatient in two others, visited recovering loved ones in several more, taken other people and self to ER, attended ambulatory-care clinics, and followed the romantic and medical adventures of the staff of half a dozen imaginary hospitals on television.
I regard a hospital as a second home.
PhilX
Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
If you mean that stint at the morgue, it wasn't attached to a hospital; it was at Forensic Sciences.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:19 pm Did you overlook something on your resume?
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
I've been in hospital a few times; under anaesthetic twice.
I can think of no better place to be than a hospital when you are ill.
It's a complete no brainer.
I can think of no better place to be than a hospital when you are ill.
It's a complete no brainer.
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
Hmmm. My doctor is also a coroner.Skip wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:28 pmIf you mean that stint at the morgue, it wasn't attached to a hospital; it was at Forensic Sciences.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:19 pm Did you overlook something on your resume?
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Re: Is fear of hospitals irrational?
Make sure he changes gloves.
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