{"id":14085,"date":"2017-05-08T17:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T22:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/?p=14085"},"modified":"2017-05-09T17:13:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T22:13:56","slug":"medical-culture-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/medical-culture-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Culture in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

When our clients consider retiring in Mexico, one of the most common questions is related to health services and insurance. We have a kit available to help you navigate through this topic, which you can download here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

But today we have a guest post by Monica Rix Paxson. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an expert on Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Health System and she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sharing with us a couple of details to keep in mind in case you need to use health services in Mexico.<\/em><\/p>\n

Medical Culture in Mexico<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By Monica Rix Paxson<\/em><\/p>\n

The best way to explain what I mean by \u00e2\u20ac\u0153medical culture\u00e2\u20ac\u009d would be to tell you about the time I went to a well-known acupuncture clinic in Chicago.<\/p>\n

The staff was running late and the waiting room was jam packed because a new physician\u00e2\u20ac\u201da noted acupuncturist from China\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhad just arrived for his first day of work. Before long, the newly arrived physician walked up to me in the waiting room and asked a couple of really intimate questions about my body and health.<\/p>\n

I nearly fainted, I was so mortified! No one had clued him into the fact that in the USA we consider conversations about bodily functions to be private.<\/p>\n

But you can relax now: in Mexico, your privacy will be honored. But it is a different culture, and if you aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t aware of the differences, you too can find yourself in awkward situations.<\/p>\n

Here are a few potential \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gotchas\u00e2\u20ac\u009d you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll want to be aware of. Of course, these are general insights. Your experience may vary, for example depending on whether you are visiting a newly graduated physician at a pharmacy associated consultorio<\/em> or the lead cardiac surgeon at a major hospital, etc.<\/p>\n

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Keep in mind\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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