Weary of condescension from a physician years ago regarding my wife's condition I leveled my gaze at him and stated With all due respect Doc I was taking care of her when you were in junior high school So how about we keep this in perspective ' We may not know the science but we know our loved one That knowledge and experience provides us with something I coined Caregiver Authority Quality practitioners recognize the benefit of enlisting our hard-won insights After dealing with physicians and countless nurses I learned years ago that training doesn't make one a better human
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