Richard Smith has written a hilarious blog on the memory clinics in UK’s NHS and his and his mother’s experience pursuing treatment for memory loss. It is a fantastic narrative of a treatment that did not fit in that (a) forced a number of disruptions on mother and son; and (b) led to treatment that was not consistent with the patient’s circumstances. Furthermore, the treatment was also not consistent with the patient values and preferences. Minimally disruptive medicine + shared decision making = treatments that fit.
Another treatment that did not fit
