Imagine you have back pain. Your doctor suggests you need special scan. You have to travel an hour across town to get to the hospital where you have an appointment at 9 am. You take the morning off
Do you perform any rituals when you consult?
Art of Doctoring- the action March 13, 2019
Before a surgeon gets anywhere near a patient in the operating theatre he must wash his hands, put on a gown and gloves. He then drapes the patient and cleans the skin. As he makes his first incision
What don’t people tell their doctor?
Art of Doctoring- the patient March 12, 2019
Do you know why your customer, client or patient chose you today? If you are his doctor John made an appointment this morning because he thinks he may have an inherited illness. His uncle recently
Do you have a strategy for coping with frustration doctor?
Art of Doctoring- the doctor March 11, 2019
It's Friday evening. Your customer, client or patient needs something. You've been trying to arrange it or get the necessary authorisation over the phone and now you've been put on hold listening to
What does your face say?
Art of Doctoring- the action, Art of Doctoring- the doctor December 10, 2018
Are you aware what your facial muscles are doing when you are engaged in conversation? What about your neck and your shoulders? What do they leak about your mood? Your attitude? Your perspective? Is
Who taught you how to complain?
Art of Doctoring- the doctor December 9, 2018
When during your training or your induction did anyone teach you how and when to express yourself when something did not meet with your expectations? Your parent might have said: I know you're angry
