Patients or Prisoners?
During my general block, I was working with a 79-year-old male patient. The patient had been admitted due to a sudden change […]
Category: Term 3 (2019)
Just a slipper
It happened Her bruisers will fade, but the scars will remain. Much like society’s fast paced arguments and protest for those who have […]
Discharged or Dismissed?
Dismiss (verb). To decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering – Cambridge English Dictionary If you were […]
”You can’t force me, I have rights”.
The patient rights charter states that all patients have the right to a healthy and safe environment that will ensure their physical […]
self before service
Heroic Firefighter is a painting by Christopher Lane (November 7th, 2012) The image above depicts an image of a fire man saving a […]
Meaningful life
Life is so often unpredictable. It is natural for all human beings to wish to live as long as possible and to […]
Non-Maleficence in the clinical setting
During one of my clinical blocks in my 4th year of physiotherapy, I was faced with a very difficult case. The patient was […]
#AmINext
“I do not want to die with my legs open and my hands in the air.” Over the past few months we […]
Needle stick injury- Zara Van Neel
About three weeks ago, I was assessing a SCI patient and needed to determine her level of sensation post injury. This required […]
Just do your Work.
As a physiotherapist you see many different patients in a lifetime; in condition, personality, culture and background. It is a vast world […]