Christer Mjåset: 4 questions you should always ask your doctor
Christer Mjåset: Fyra frågor du alltid bör ställa till din läkare
Christer Mjåset, M.D. is a neurosurgeon, author, columnist and lecturer who currently works as a Harkness fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston studying value-based health care models. Full bio
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that people like me need your help.
att personer som jag behöver er hjälp.
about a patient of mine.
om en av mina patienter.
of hospital a few times
på sjukhus några gånger
from a cervical disc,
i en nackkota
before the consultation,
på hennes magnetkamerabilder
are standardized, and they're quick.
är snabba och standardiserade.
past the trachea,
into the internal carotid artery.
att skära i halspulsådern.
the disc and the prolapse
och bråcket från nervrotskanalen
and the nerve root
eller nervrötterna
is the damage to the cord,
är att ryggmärgen skadas
from the neck down.
från halsen och nedåt.
she fell silent.
när jag berättade detta.
för oss båda, avgörande ord.
for me and for her.
right there and then?
precis där och då?
like this woman,
den här gången?
pulling it out of the nerve root canal
dra det ut ur nervrotskanalen
I wanted to operate on her.
Jag ville operera henne.
is the most fun part of my job.
det roligaste med mitt jobb.
leva er in i den känslan.
he loves to just sit and draw
att han älskar att sitta och rita
paying for the house
som ska betala huset
restrictions on what to do.
vad han får göra.
to look their patient in the eye
titta sin patient i ögonen
for the person having the operation.
som väntar på operation.
in the back of your throat.
är två vävnadsknutor i halsen.
of tonsillectomies in Norway
antalet tonsillektomier i Norge
is that there is twice the chance
att det är dubbelt så troligt
because this is for children --
than in Trondheim.
än i Trondheim.
in both regions are the same.
no difference, but there is.
men det är det.
till exempel fotboll.
for this condition.
för det här sjukdomstillståndet.
rate in Møre og Romsdal
i Möre och Romsdal
rate in Stavanger.
i Möre och Romsdal
than elsewhere in the country?
än på andra ställen i landet?
is the procedures performed
are light green.
in the private clinics
på de privata sjukhusen
to treat the patients.
that the difference of treatment effect
att skillnader i behandlingseffekt
and operations for the knee --
of the procedures performed
even in Stavanger.
till och med i Stavanger.
for treatments in the world
of treatment decisions,
the treatment that they need,
once in my career.
en gång i min karriär.
these words from a patient.
hört detta från en patient.
you'll get a "no" from a doctor
with about the same "no" rate
or suggests something
the reason for this is?
är anledningen till detta?
for medical advice.
om ett medicinskt råd.
in the winter time,
whenever he went jogging.
varje gång han joggade.
I questioned him thoroughly,
och ställde frågor.
that he probably had a degenerated disc
hade en utsliten disk
gjorde det ont.
swimming instead of jogging,
i stället för att jogga.
to be more selective
dina träningsformer noga.
en MR-undersökning av ryggen."
through my insurance at work."
genom en jobbförsäkring."
he was also, after all, my friend.
han är ju ändå min vän.
to see how bad it looks back there."
att se hur det ser ut."
MRI scans?" I said.
MR-bilder?" sade jag.
"It could be cancer."
"Det kan vara cancer."
of my colleagues at work,
om den slitna disken
and quit the jogging.
och strunta i joggingen.
och han sade:
I met him again and he said,
with the same symptoms had an MRI?
med samma symtom fick en MR.
genomgick en MR.
would quadruple, maybe even more.
skulle fyrfaldigas, eller mer.
the spot on that list
also turns down, sometimes,
to get diagnosed or treated.
eller en behandling.
a difficult question to ask.
en svår fråga att ställa.
what to do with you,
vad som skulle göras,
now a general practitioner,
sanatorium as a little girl,
till ett sanatorium för tuberkulossjuka
had been negative all along.
hade varit negativa hela tiden.
on nothing but wrong suspicion.
enbart på misstanken.
confronting him about it.
att ifrågasätta honom.
health care service.
from the doctor about what to do.
från läkaren om vad som bör göras.
responsibility on you.
with your doctor
med din läkare
decisions on where to go.
you're in a doctor's office,
attached to this operation?"
finns det med operationen?"
will have worsening of pain symptoms.
får värre smärtor.
or even a rehemorrhage
eller till och med en blödning
also experience permanent hoarseness
drabbas av kronisk heshet
in the arms or even legs.
i armarna eller till med i benen.
over some time
under en tid
that you will get well.
en viss chans att du blir frisk.
för att hjälpa oss.
wants to send you to an MRI,
vill skicka dig på MR
of you, 20 percent,
om vad som bör göras.
not only have made your life
gjort ditt eget liv enklare,
and probably even better,
drar nytta av ditt beslut.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christer Mjåset - NeurosurgeonChrister Mjåset, M.D. is a neurosurgeon, author, columnist and lecturer who currently works as a Harkness fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston studying value-based health care models.
Why you should listen
Christer Mjåset, M.D. holds a position as a researcher at the Oslo University Hospital analyzing data from The Norwegian Spine Registry and as a lecturer at the Department of Health Management and Economics, University of Oslo, where he teaches in a leadership program for young physicians. Mjåset was president of the Norwegian Junior Doctors 2015-2019 and the Vice President of the Norwegian Medical Association 2017-2019. This work led him to be involved with the international Choosing Wisely campaign which seeks to advance a national dialogue avoiding unnecessary medical tests, treatments and procedures. From 2017-2019 he was responsible for implementing the campaign in Norway
Mjåset is a published author of five fictional books and several short stories. He won the Oslo City Cultural Scholarship for writers in 2006. He got his medical degree and bachelor’s degree in literature and philosophy at University of Oslo, both in 2000.
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