OOmis -“responsibility to ascertain that no PHYSICAL cause is responsible for the symptoms that APPEAR to be depression.”
Again the lectures from s/o who knows more than us. Yes, this is one of our responsibilities, but sometimes this can be ascertained from the history alone.
“As to the responsibility of a patient or family member to be on top of things with the doctor – you can only go by what your (trusted) doctor tells you to be the case.”
Wrong – did you ever hear of getting a second opinion? So you and your family didn’t keep your responsibility, but you lecture e/o in the medical field what their responsibility is because one guy made a mistake!
“and so were all the many, many doctors who examined her in the hospital. NOT ONE of them ever asked us if she had an MRI, or suggested this should be done, to rule out brain tumors.”
This is not possible to judge up, unless you know what the reason she was hospitalized for and what type of docs saw her and for what reason. It’s not the responsibility of hospital personnel to play Primary care, unless this is the reason she was hospitalized for!