We discussed all that tonight on BlogTalkRadio Show - Your Doctor Said What!

It’s important that your expectations be realistic. Patients tend to diagnose themselves by talking to their friends, neighbors, co-workers (or going online) and that is not a great thing to do.

Patients judge a doctor’s  office based on other offices they’ve been at.

If the doctor spends more than 10 minutes with you, dont expect that every time.

How to judge your doctor’s communication skills:

- Does he smile?

- Is there open body posture? Does he lean forward?

- Does he make eye contact with you?

- Does he nod?

- Does he interrupt you - studies say that doctors interrupt patients 23 seconds into the interview.

- What’s his tone of voice like?

- Does he summarize what you discussed?

- Does he paraphrase your symptoms for you?

- Do you feel empowered?

Then we talked a bit about perception. Probably not enough though.

Listen in and see what you think..

Terrie