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This poem is part of the Poems for doctors project. You can find out more about the project here.
Season 1 : poem 4
Junior Hospital Physician Dr Chris Lowe reads A brief format to be used when consulting with patients by Glenn Colquhoun
A brief format to be used when consulting with patients
Glenn Colquhoun
The patient will talk.
The doctor will talk.
The doctor will listen while
the patient is talking.
The patient will listen while
the doctor is talking.
The patient will think that the doctor
knows what the doctor is talking about.
The doctor will think that the patient
knows what the patient is talking about.
The patient will think that the doctor
knows what the patient is talking about.
The doctor will think that the patient
knows what the doctor is talking about.
The doctor will be sure.
The patient will be sure.
The patient will be sure.
The doctor will be sure.
Shouldn’t hurt a bit, should it?
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Find out more about this poem at the Scottish Poetry Library
Rights: A brief format to be usd when consulting with patients from Playing God: Poems about medicine (Steele Roberts, 2002) by permission of the author
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