What did the doctor say?

Dr. Koch makes assumptions that what the patient tells him is what the doctor said.1 As a rule, it is a media type of statement to say that the doctor gave him "x" days, weeks, etc. to live only to show the doctor was wrong. Real doctors rarely make such predictions...

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 2010-02, Vol.182 (2), p.176-176
Main Author: Hashimoto, Stanley A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Humans
Letter
Life Expectancy
Physician-Patient Relations
Terminally Ill
Time Factors
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Summary:Dr. Koch makes assumptions that what the patient tells him is what the doctor said.1 As a rule, it is a media type of statement to say that the doctor gave him "x" days, weeks, etc. to live only to show the doctor was wrong. Real doctors rarely make such predictions...
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.110-2014