Comments on: Does it matter how doctors give patients their diagnosis? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/does-it-matter-how-doctors-give.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: epadvocatehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/does-it-matter-how-doctors-give.html#comment-88659 epadvocate Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/does-it-matter-how-doctors-give-patients-their-diagnosis.html#comment-88659 Speaking for us patients -- we want you to use both. We want to know that a more colloquial ("layperson's")label is the same as the more medical term. We want you to manage our expectations regardless of what the "real" name is vs the one we have heard previously.<br/><br/>This should be about communicating what patients need to know, and not about choosing one delivery approach vs another.<br/><br/>Trisha Torrey<br/>Every Patient's Advocate<br/>http://patients.about.com Speaking for us patients — we want you to use both. We want to know that a more colloquial (“layperson’s”)label is the same as the more medical term. We want you to manage our expectations regardless of what the “real” name is vs the one we have heard previously.

This should be about communicating what patients need to know, and not about choosing one delivery approach vs another.

Trisha Torrey
Every Patient’s Advocate
http://patients.about.com

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