Haslam D. Communication skills are as important as diagnostic skills. Practitioner 2016;260(1790):35
Communication skills are as important as diagnostic skills
22 Feb 2016
For your doctor to recognise and name the problem that ails you is the first step to treatment. In this world of ever increasing availability of medical information, clarity of diagnostic name is going to become more and more important, and the potential for misunderstanding becomes all the greater.
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