Archive for June, 2008
What clinicians say and what they really mean…
After identifying what patients say and what they really mean, I suppose it is only fair to identify that it isn’t just the patient who says one thing, but means another….the clinician is equally as problematic.
Classically and easily recognised is the nurse aiming a needle at a juicy buttock whilst muttering the reassuring phrase: “This won’t hurt [...]
What patients say and what they really mean!
From the start of the consultation right up until the very last seconds, patients have a new language with definitions that are different from those used in the rest of their lives. It is the clinicians responsibility to recognise these key phrases and translate them. Below I have started a quick guide, please feel free [...]
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In the last week news broke about something that happened in 1956….Surely that is an oxymoron.
Oxymoron – a moron who breathes oxygen! (Incidentally does undefinable have a definition??)
On the subjects of Moron’s more about this old news which is new, yet old… In 1956 Harold Macmillan (who later became Prime minister), and the cabinet were given information [...]
