Archive for November, 2008

Dick Tations case files…

Posted on November 26, 2008. Filed under: Benign, Did I say that? |

This week something in a patients notes was drawn to my attention.
I had sent a lady in her late 30’s for a chest X-ray, the report that returned read…
“Chest Xray clear, no evidence of infection or abnormality, as far as I can tell this lady has a very nice chest”
“Blimey” I thought.  Did he actually [...]

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How to irritate your patient

Posted on November 19, 2008. Filed under: Benign |

In a recent post I identified ways in which patients can (and often do) irritate their clinicians….as such it seems only fair to reverse these roles…

The following list comes from experience of sitting in with mentors and colleagues who have irritating habits that they are probably not aware of, plus a few things I also [...]

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