Case History

Science and Medicine rely on Case History, published papers or detailed notes, enabling them to keep a check on the efficacy of the drugs and treatments prescribed to their patients.

At the same time gaining the recognition throughout the science/medical world and the world at large. Nothing wrong with that. Are we not all striving to be achievers, is that not what makes us good patients in the first place. Striving to be well as a result of our medics practicing on us.

Confidentiality is a value expanded by our medical teams and rightly so, surely it our right for our very private medical information to be totally secret from everyone. Even in Clinical studies!

Confidentiality from The Pain Relief Therapist’s point of view has a different consideration; Working within the confines of a person’s mind, information comes to hand that places confidentiality from the Doctors point of view almost into the public domain- not to say that our Doctors are not totally confidential in their work.

Meaning to say, the information contained within our mind, as the creator of all illness is so private and confidential that my code of ethics do not allow the keeping of notes that would revel anything about a person and as for being put into a case history or worse still a book/biography. It is out of the question, not just for the moment or until the patient has seemingly forgotten what they have told me. But for all time.

All the Pain Relief Therapist can talk/write about is what symptoms/pain/illness of mind and body have been effectively treated, or believes can be treated with Talking Cures unique educational techniques and understandings.

Since late November 2007, Talking Cures invited a number of People with long standing and world-wide cause unknown and no known cure symptoms of Ill health or Pain (Symptom List) to be part of a (Research study) to demonstrate many of these illness are in fact treatable and able to be cured using their own Immune Systems; all the invited persons were requested as part of the invitation to write an ongoing report (Typed, Printed with original stored by Talking Cures for audit/paper trail control) of their treatment process. That also had to show not only when it appeared Talking Cures - as part of a treatment response recognised by Talking Cures - appeared to be making them well, but also if it appeared the treatment was making them worse and to give absolute authority for Talking Cures to send a copy of the report to the local PCT as well as their own Doctors and any person within the NHS or Medical Profession showing a professional or patient led interest to be included in the Patients NHS Records. Also within the Doctors/PCT advice, a treatment hours control list.

Article © Copyright ; 6th February 2011. Updated 23rd April 2011.

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Peter E Smith. Pain Relief Therapist. CMH, Chyp, MSH. GHR. GQHP.