Any experienced GP would give the following advice about the doctor's relationship with patients and their families:
"Bad consultations result from having insufficient clinical knowledge, from failing to relate to patients or from failing to understand the patient's behaviour, his perception of his illness or its context"
ref: JGR Howie (1985), Decision Making in General Practice, ed M Sheldon et al, Macmillan)
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