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Haslam D. Haslam’s view:Why do doctors and patients speak a different language? Practitioner 2014; 258 (1776):39

Why do doctors and patients speak a different language?

24 Nov 2014Registered users

Why do doctors use the complex when the simple would do very nicely? If 80% of diagnoses are made from taking the history, and if communication is the absolute essence of history taking, isn’t it rather a problem that doctors and patients spend half the time talking entirely distinct languages?

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