On medical ‘we’
During a consultation the other day, the doctor said “We referred to you X”. I intensely dislike when medics use ‘we’. So today, I want to write about the first-person pronoun in plural. Some say, it’s the most manipulative word of all. Continue reading “On medical ‘we’”
On ‘ordinary non-medical language’
Can there be a clinical interaction without any medical or psychological language? Can you, as a clinician, do away with clinical/psychological terms? Here is my response. Continue reading “On ‘ordinary non-medical language’”
Vocabulary of disease?
In this post, I want to take up (again) the issue of the so-called language of illness, this time presented as ‘vocabulary of disease’. Because I am referring to the Imperfect Cognitions blog again, with philosophers about, I am treading cautiously and with some trepidation. Continue reading “Vocabulary of disease?”
Masters of communication
I do dislike instructions how to communicate. I think most of them miss the point of what it means to communicate. But today I would like to go beyond those points. I would also like to have a look at how the how-to-communicate guide constructs communication. Continue reading “Masters of communication”