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At±lw hnfn¡p¶p. "Health illiteracy" F¶ KW¯n s]« BfpIfpw Dïv. AhÀ¡v "KqKnÄ hnhcw' am{Xw ImWpw. acp¶ns\bpw ip{ipjbpw Ipdn¨pÅ B[nImcn Iamb Adnhv ImWpIbp anÃ. C¯c¯nepÅ Bfp IÄ [mcmfambpÅXp sImïv tUmÎÀamÀ tcmK\nÀWbw \S¯p ¶Xn\p ap¼v Xs¶ tcmKn taÂ]dª hn`mK§fn GXn s]Sp¶p F¶p IpSn AdntbïXpïv F¶v At±lw Xsâ Your Medical Mind(2012) F¶ {KÙ¯n ]d-bp¶p. 'A journey into the minds of patients' F¶mWv {Kq]vam³ CXn s\ Ipdn¨v ]dbp¶Xv. Cu ]pkv-XI¯nse BZy`mK¯ns³d ioÀjIw Where Am I in the Numbers F-¶mWv. CXnepÅ Susan Powell F¶ kwibmephmb tcmKnbv¡v sImfsÌ tdmÄ Afhv IqSpXem sW¶pw lrZbmLmXw hcm\pÅ km²yX IpSp XemsW¶pw tUmÎÀ ]dªn«pw AhÀ Ìmän³ Sm_v-eäv Ign¡m³ hnk ½Xn¡p¶p. CXns³d ImcWadnbm³ tUmÎÀ amcpsS Nn´IÄ tcmKnI fpsS a\kneqsSbpw IpSn IS¯n hntSïXpïv F¶v {Kq-]vam³ ]-d-bp-¶pïv. (".. to better understand why patients choose as they do, (doctors) needed to first understand the on slim of our own views aboutt reatment and how they evolved.") Akp-Je£W§Ä Im F´p sN¿W sa¶dnbm¯hsc "decisional conflict' DÅhÀ F¶mWv {Kq]vam³ hnfn¡p¶Xv. GXkpJ ambmepw acp¶v- Ign ¡m³ aSn¡p¶hsc "doubters" F¶pw FÃm sSÌpIfpw kab¯-v- Xs¶ FSp¯v AXn ImWp¶ ^ea\pkcn¨v acp¶p Ign¨v -Pohn¡p ¶hsc "believers" F¶pw At±lw hnfn¡p¶p. Mesothelioma F¶ tcmKw _m[n¨v Ahi\mIpt¼m gpw Stephen Jay Gould F¶ {]apJ imkv{X Fgp¯p Imc³ "tail of the curve" Fs¶mcp kn²m´s¯ Ipdn¨p ]dbmdpïmbncp ¶psh¶v {Kq]vam³ ]dbp ¶p. Cu kn²m´w a\p jys³d hyXykvXamb hyànXzs¯ Ipdn¨pw AXn\v tcmKt¯mSpÅ _Ôs¯ Ipdn¨pamWv ]dbp¶Xv : the remarkable variabiltiy of all living beings and a similar diverstiy in how disease and its treatment play out in any individual. tcmKImcW§fnepw NnInÕbnepw Hmtcm a\pjycpsS PohnX coXnb\pkcn¨p DïmIm hp¶ hyXykvXXbmWv {Kq]vams³d Cã {]-tabw. To be sure, scientific advances are unpredictable. Many fail, but a few succeed. For me, that uncertaitny was a basic for treating patients with severe illness in an intensive and sustained way, struggling to keep them alive until better therapies arrive. Cu {]Xymi {Kq]vam³ F¶ Fgp¯pImcs\bpw {]nb¦c\mIp¶p. In our role as doctors, our aim is to help our patients understand what makes sense for them, what treatments are right given their individual values and goals. We (should be) especially mindful not to impose our preferences about our own health on our patients. Jerome Groopaman FgpXnb Your Medical Mind : How to decide what is right for you(2012) tUmÎÀamcpw tcmKnIfpw tcmKanÃm¯hcpw hmbn¨n cnt¡ï {KÙamWv. \½p-sS B-tcm-Kyw | \hw_À 2017 77