Show 1088: How Good Communication Makes Health Care Better

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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When your doctor speaks, do you understand what you are hearing? Do you know how to describe your health problem so your doctor will “get it”? Why Communication Is Critical: Communication between doctors and patients is at the heart of health care. It is essential for accurate diagnosis, and crucial for patients to understand the […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:29.6	Have you ever felt frustrated trying to explain troubling symptoms to a doctor?
0:36.3	Where you interrupted mid-story.
0:39.4	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:48.1	Good communication between doctors and patients is crucial for proper diagnosis and treatment.
0:56.3	How can patients make themselves heard? What should you do if you get interrupted?
1:01.3	Dr. Danielle Ophrey has been writing about doctor-patient communication for years. She has some
1:07.0	important advice. Be clear as a patient what you need and what's important,
1:12.3	and that if you're not getting that, to really ask for that and stand your ground.
1:16.5	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Dr. Danielle Lofrey will share her insights from her latest book,
1:22.0	What Patients Say, What Doctors Here.
1:25.6	First, this news.
1:30.3	In the People's pharmacy health headlines,
1:33.3	couples that want children may be having more difficulty.
1:37.4	A new meta-analysis shows that sperm counts among men around the world
1:41.4	have dropped dramatically since the 1970s. The analysis included data from
1:46.7	185 studies with approximately 42,000 men participating in them between 1973 and 2011. According to these
1:56.8	data, sperm counts declined by just over 50 percent in Europe, Australia, and North America. No similar
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