What I learned in medical school today

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What I learned in medical school today

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"Make quantitative measurements with a ruler; do not use a coin, a piece of fruit, or a nut for comparison."

--Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination, Fifth Edition: page 820
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There is much that can limit the patient's ability to observe well and to report accurately:

*Sensory deprivation...
*Emotional constraints...
...etc.
* Unresponsive or comatose patient
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Cultural differences manifest in many ways. Whereas race and ethnicity are obvious, there are also meaningful separations in life experiences among the fat and the thin, the gravely ill and the well...The recognition of these differences...educate you...build empathic bridges and eliminate...doubts about each other. It is alright, for example, to ask how it feels to be markedly overweight in an airplane seat designed for a slender, short person.
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Alan wrote:there are also meaningful separations in life experiences among the fat and the thin, the gravely ill and the well...
When I first read this I thought it said there are meaningful separations in life expectancies among the gravely ill and the well.

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