Doctor-Patient: The Healing Relationship! (1)

As soon as I set foot in the treatment of
diseases, from the very end of
the bed, near a window, a
patient got up, sat down, while
half-shouted, "dear doctor, my
dock, Mr. Katimin, patient's doctor." At that, a little bit
surprised, I looked toward the
voice that calls it. Oh yes, he is
"Mr. Katimin", my patients who
seek treatment last
approximately one year ago. "Katimin", a name that is rarely
encountered today. The name
that is very typical of the ethnic
Javanese, especially in Central
Java. For me this name also is
very familiar, he is my patients who are elderly, more than 85
years. More or less since 10
years ago he always treated me
as a complaint with shortness of
breath, hypertension, and
prostate enlargement. Instantly I saw Mr. Katimin which I
still remember very well face it,
a bit rushed me to the place he.
From behind a face that is
wrinkled, I see the happy
expression, joy and amazement, as if not believing, probably does
not believe will see me again. Patting and memijet shoulder.
Some of my long silence, then I
asked, "What father? Why did
the father to come here? What
do you feel? "With a low voice,
and somewhat disjointed, probably because of shortness,
he answered:" I hurt my son the
doctor - this gentleman that
called me, "my son the doctor" -
I was coughing and shortness of
breath me once, I berbaringpun shortness sonny. " Dad did not
seek treatment? "No son, but I
have to practice my son the
doctor several times, each time I
went there my son the doctor is
not there. Last time I went there, there is a doctor who
told me that my son had moved,
"he replied. Quite long time I sat on the edge
of the bed patient. While still
holding his shoulder, my thoughts
wander away to the village
where he lived. A village located
on the downstream, on the banks of the Indragiri. To get to
this hospital, with climbing
canoe / pompong the engine
(speedboat), will require a long
time, can be three to four hours. The trip is very tiring not only
for sick parents, even my own,
which is still healthy, it will not
be strong. Unimaginable how
difficult he descended the steep
stairs, especially when tidal- which only made of mangrove
wood, to get to the canoe /
pompong it. As if I feel how much
pain he loin with bones that are
fragile, when it had to face
strong tugs from the canoe / pompong Indragiri river against
the swift current. What a disappointment, and
sadly his heart, if I as a doctor
you trust, not to provide the
best for him. Therefore, after
my visit I collected all the nurses
and ask them to also serve him well, and if there is a problem
for contact me immediately. After being treated
approximately one week,
Alhamdulillah the patient's
condition progressed. Coughing,
and far less crowded complaints.
Pnumoni, suffered pneumonia also improved, and he also
controlled hypertension. Strange,
as if I do not believe, "elderly
patients, aged more than 85
years, with pnemoni be
improved?" Though theoretically very poor prognosis, patients
usually die. I remember Deng Xiaoping,
Suharto and many other figures
who died because pnemoni,
"what they do not have?" While
Mr. Katimin was just a farmer
Jamkesmas card users with all sorts of limitations. Healing Pak Katimin this, such as
being tandatanya well for me. "Is
this the so-called good
relationship that fosters trust,
confidence between the doctor-
patient? Is this good relationship which helps cure the patient?
"Yes, I think this could happen,
besides the will of God. A good relationship, the
closeness between the doctor-
patient relationship is an
important part in the healing
process. This good relationship,
according to the study resembles the placebo effect. My
experience after decades of
being a doctor also showed that
case. Many patients who had had
healed, when it entered the
living practice of a doctor who believed, who hubungannnya
areas are good. Complaints that
felt just like that will be lost. The study also showed that
postoperative wounds heal
faster if surgery is performed by
doctors are friendly, friendly to
the patient. Life expectancy of
cancer patients also increased when treated by doctors who
were nice, friendly, respect, and
caring with his patients. Unfortunately, the good
relationship that fosters trust,
confidence between the doctor-
patient had started to fade.
Industrialization of health care,
advancement of medical technology, the development of
specialty-subspecialty, physician
remuneration system, the
system and the quality of
medical education, a high
awareness on the rights of patients, declining morality,
idealism, some doctors, some
doctors are still always feel most
know, the patient felt well start
smart, and socio-economic
changes in other community greatly affect the doctor-
patient relationship today.