Talking to Patients in the 21st Century
- 12 June 2013
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 309 (22), 2384-2385
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.7159
Abstract
Styles of parenting and practicing medicine have followed remarkably similar trajectories over the last half-century, with authoritarian tones firmly banished from both arenas, and the old phrases of admonition and advice overhauled to communicate cheerful encouragement, mutual understanding, and respect. It is only a matter of time before “Good job!” and its equivalents are heard as often in the nation's examination rooms as on its playgrounds.1This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit: