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Inclusive Approach For Caregivers Of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS)

March 29, 2012

The inclusive approach makes the experience so much better both for the caregivers and the patients. Isn’t truth the best way for all caregiver-patient relationships regardless of the medical condition? Secrecy and stigma make it worse than the intersex condition itself. It serves as a reminder of how HIV/AIDS people had to initially fight the taboo and still do just to present their concerns. Let history not repeat itself.

What Is The True Cost Of Lying for Caregivers?

March 4, 2012

Secrecy, lying, deceit are a double whammy. First it does not reveal the truth and second one has to undo the damage that secrecy or lying caused. It becomes difficult to calculate the cost of lying especially when playing with emotions.

Caregiver Rights – Its Time For A Change

February 13, 2012

It’s a very simple goal : Health Care Providers need to change the messaging to caregivers from “It’s not your business to be here between me and my patient” to “I am sorry, even though your loved one, the patient, has requested for your presence as a caregiver, I respectfully decline and I suggest you […]