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Thomas W. Furlow, Jr, MD

JAMA. 1988;260(17):2558-2559.

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I observe the physician with the same diligence as he the disease.

John Donne (1573-1631)

REMARKABLY, the social standing and credibility of physicians as a group remain high despite the powerful leveling influences of the mass communications media and the relative abundance of health care in modern society. Even so, the influence that each physician exerts on a patient through personal appearance, word, and deed carries great weight in setting the tone and tenor of the individual physician-patient relationship.

My experience in various academic hospitals during the past 20 years has convinced me that, in the rush to inculcate facts and skills into the physician in training, how the physician should deport himself or herself with the patient is all too often neglected. For this reason, I wish to offer a brief account of etiquette dealing with the manner and style in which the physician should interact with the patient. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Neurosurgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Footnotes
The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect official policy of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.

Reprint requests to Neurosurgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001 (Dr Furlow).

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