Haven't seen the show, so I'm just talking off your post.
There are two things I get told over and over - first, You will miss a hundred things by not looking before you miss one thing by not knowing. (Which harkens back to your comment on how diagnosises are actually made.)
The second one is The patients (clients) don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. You're not going to get all the info you need until you get their trust. And if they don't trust you, they aren't going to listen when you tell them yes, you really need to undergo this procedure/take this nasty medicine/listen to me and stop your unhealthy habits.
Having said all that, have they shown a patient yet who tells the nurse one thing, the attending physician another, House himself something else, and lies the whole time?
Just as people never remember the good docs, only the rude assholes, docs and nurses never remember the good, smart, helpful patients, only the rude, disrespectful ones who threaten to sue at the drop of a hat, try to lie so they can get controlled drugs, or who beg for special payment arrangements and then stiff the clinic for the bill.
Oh, for a perfect world where one only had to deal with "the right sort of people." *g*
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There are two things I get told over and over - first, You will miss a hundred things by not looking before you miss one thing by not knowing. (Which harkens back to your comment on how diagnosises are actually made.)
The second one is The patients (clients) don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. You're not going to get all the info you need until you get their trust. And if they don't trust you, they aren't going to listen when you tell them yes, you really need to undergo this procedure/take this nasty medicine/listen to me and stop your unhealthy habits.
Having said all that, have they shown a patient yet who tells the nurse one thing, the attending physician another, House himself something else, and lies the whole time?
Just as people never remember the good docs, only the rude assholes, docs and nurses never remember the good, smart, helpful patients, only the rude, disrespectful ones who threaten to sue at the drop of a hat, try to lie so they can get controlled drugs, or who beg for special payment arrangements and then stiff the clinic for the bill.
Oh, for a perfect world where one only had to deal with "the right sort of people." *g*
- hossgal