patient advocate?
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This may not be quite appropriate to ask here but I am putting out feelers wherever - so don't snark me!
I have a serious family medical situation developing (elderly parent, etc. etc) and am trying to find out if there is a role player person such as "patient advocate" or doctor-patient liaison or patient therapist for medical issues. The gist being that the med stuff is hard to navigate/translate into simpler terms, and the various options are also hard to ferret out/decide between.
Does such a profession exist: someone who is medically informed and is capable of talking to both Drs + patients?
I have a serious family medical situation developing (elderly parent, etc. etc) and am trying to find out if there is a role player person such as "patient advocate" or doctor-patient liaison or patient therapist for medical issues. The gist being that the med stuff is hard to navigate/translate into simpler terms, and the various options are also hard to ferret out/decide between.
Does such a profession exist: someone who is medically informed and is capable of talking to both Drs + patients?
thanks
Date: 2008-08-01 03:57 am (UTC)Fortunately I've never had to deal with any of this sort of thing before. Unfortunately I have to now and there seem like so many logistical and other things to get up to speed quickly on.