Mary: Speaking with health professionals – Trust in doctors
Listen to patients and health professionals speak about their experience with taking multiple medicines.
Mary
Female
Age at interview: 66
Number of medicines: 8
Cultural background: Anglo-Australian
Mary has started asking her doctors more questions due to an increased awareness of the potential dangers of medicines.
No, I just listened to what … I was oblivious to it … these days, you know, you ask now, why am I taking this? Why am I taking that? But in those years, I just took, like, for granted. The doctor was right, so that was it. But now, seeing everything that's on the TV these days, that they gave the wrong medication and it affected this person and ... I've seen it myself in hospital, a person given the wrong medication and I think, ‘How can you make that mistake?’ So now, when the doctor prescribes me a medication, I'll say, ‘What's it for and what does it do and does it give me any side effects?’ Then he just answers all my questions.
The Living with multiple medicines project was developed in collaboration with Healthtalk Australia.