Words can help bond a doctor-patient relationship … or create a major obstacle.
So doctors must carefully consider what they say to patients, according to an article in Physicians Practice. The publication asked doctors to comment on some of the worst things that a practitioner can say to a patient.
Here are three tips based on their responses:
Don’t undermine yourself. “A patient told me the worst thing you can say as a doctor is, ‘Umm…I don’t know.’ It doesn’t provide a lot of confidence,” said Deborah Winiger, M.D., who practices family medicine in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
