What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear: What Doctors Say, What Patients Hear

Sharpeipup

What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear: What Doctors Say, What Patients Hear | Danielle Ofri

Cool weather and a day to myself? Yes please! #readinglife #coffeenbook

BethM Love it! 5y

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Sharpeipup

What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear: What Doctors Say, What Patients Hear | Danielle Ofri

Afternoon break.
#bookntea #nonfiction

Sapphire Love that mug. Any shockers in the book? 5y

Sharpeipup @Sapphire how interesting it is and how much your connection to your doctor matters in small ways. 5y

Sapphire @Sharpeipup hmmm. Will have to read this one. 5y

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arubabookwoman

What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear: What Doctors Say, What Patients Hear | Danielle Ofri

And the quote above illustrates only one of the many reasons for the miscommunications between doctors and patients.

BarbaraBB I can‘t read the whole of it but do you think it‘s good that you can go to a doctor just to talk or not? 5y

arubabookwoman Sorry the quote got cut off. I will post it in full in the next comment. There is another quote that noted that doctors typically interrupt a patient after about 12 seconds. In the US at least, the standard doctor visit is supposed to be 15 minutes, including charting time. So, yes, I think time should be allowed for talking, and doctors shld let patients tell their full story. @BarbaraBB 5y

arubabookwoman Full quote: “Recently the Dutch government approved an insurance code for listening-that is doctors can include listening as a legitimate part of the medical visit, on par with procedures & tests. You might think listening is a sine qua non of a doctor‘s visit, but because it wasn‘t possible to bill for it, procedures & tests naturally took precedence.” 5y

BarbaraBB Thank you, now I understand what you mean. And I agree. I can‘t believe what you say about cutting off the patient 12 seconds! That is completely ridiculous! 5y

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arubabookwoman

What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear: What Doctors Say, What Patients Hear | Danielle Ofri

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Excellent book about the miscommunications that can occur between patients and doctors. Well-written, logically organized, and full of compelling examples.

Itchyfeetreader As someone who has spent a lot of time with a lot of doctors over the last year and a half this sounds fascinating 5y

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