Archive for September, 2007
Patronising – How clever of you to notice!
The longer I do this job, the more I realise you need to explain everything to everybody. There should be a certain amount of assessing the patients level of intelligence that allows you to know how basic you need to make things, but despite this the patients brain may not be fully functioning.
I seem to be [...]
You don’t buy me flowers
One of my colleagues is regularly described by patients as “lovely” and “ever so nice”. In fact she probably is. I sometimes hear her in the corridor: “Oh hello, it is lovely to see you!”
If she is seeing a woman who has bought her children with her, she’ll ask them what their names are. I even [...]
Max interrogates
Well we have already established that Max is listen, and indeed this is an important clinical skill, however sometimes listening is not enough. Understanding is important, and to understand asking probing questions is sometimes necessary.
Today I have been interrogating my patients, and it’s a good job I have been too!
Case one:
Breezy “Hi! I’ve just come [...]
