> Returning to communication generally, I was interested to read the "Times"
> review of consultants today; the patients interviewed did not wish their
> consultants to be touch-feely "bullshitters" (their words, not mine). Rather
> they wanted a professional relationship based on facts and figures. At least
> someone out there agrees with me!!
I remember someone trying to get me to wear a white coat in paediatrics.
Apparently a study was done which showed that young children thought doctors
in white coats were better doctors. This study was done by showing healthy
children pictures of a doctor in a white coat and someone in jeans and
asking them who they thought was the best doctor.
Of course, what they failed to point out was that children were terrified of
these good doctors in white coats and would cry buckets when they appeared.
Fortunately, I was wise to the fact that the secret of paediatrics is to be
seen by the child as a 'likeable buffoon'.
If patients like monoslab surgeons so much, why is my waiting room full of
people moaning about how little the hospital doctor told them when they were
in hospital?
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