So the other day I had a patient who complained of headache. Here is how part of the conversation went (and might I mention that this is an adult patient):
Dr: Do you have any problems with your vision?
Pt: What's that?
Dr: When you see is it blurry or is it normal?
Pt: Oh, I don't know.
Dr: When you look at things, can you see them ok?
Pt: Yea, I can.
So either the education gap between me and this patient was large, or I really need to work on my communication skills...! I was having a hard time thinking of any other way to ask the question or be more clear. Really more a sad story than I funny one.
1 comment:
oh my gosh! That sounds like something I would see on House. :) What a nut!
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