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What’s it like to be a patient as a doctor?
Doctors should be sensitive to the worries of colleague patients
BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2561 (Published 21 November 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2561
- Phil Taylor, retired general practitioner
- Axminster, UK
- pjr.taylor{at}btinternet.com
Good communication skills are particularly important when dealing with doctors as patients, but I am a little concerned about the emphasis on not being “manipulated into doing something you wouldn’t …
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