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Conservative Treatment vs Non-Surgical Management - Coggle Diagram
Conservative Treatment vs Non-Surgical Management
Conservative Treatment
Conservative
Me
Less likely to deliver results compared to the alternative; cheaper, patient isn't fit enough, lack of resources
Cautious
Survey
Ambiguous
Idea that you're being cost effective and focused on the wellbeing of the system rather than the individual
lesser; holding back
Lack of definitive treatment, rather learning to live with it
Appears less comprehensive compared to surgical
Treatment
Curative; back to baseline, therefore more positive
therefore should be used when the injury is likely going be easily fixed
Less holistic
Shorter term
Non-Surgical Management
Management
Me
Long term
Less curative
More holistic
therefore implies MDT approach
Onus on one's self to adapt life; giving the patient the locus of control
Survey
Too business-like/corporate and impersonal
Accomodating, rather than fixing
More realistic
Non-Surgical
Option that's level with alternative; option B, rather than the inferior one
Survey
Clear cut
More active than conservative
Patient-doctor communication
Patients don't always understand the intended meanings from words we use, such as conservative; and therefore taken definitions from outside of medicine
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Wording can influence management preferences
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/7/e014129
; more medicalised the term, the more likely and invasive procedure will be picked (due percieved increased severity, and therefore less ability to deal with it themselves)
How a treatment is phrased can influence patient's acceptance and buy in. Important to be unambiguous and clear.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2354.2012.01359.x