The white coat can be an inadvertent barrier to care

Don’t wear the white coat; it scares the kids.

Most children stare at me with that wide-eyed look.  Thinking from their perspective, the six-foot something curly headed giant with big round glasses probably appears very strange to the little human that barely scrapes my knee.  They do not cry. They just stare.  I smile, and they gape. Parents laugh as I grin sheepishly.  Towering over the patients, I likely appear more …

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