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seemed irrational. I felt awkward; I did not know what to say and did not want to deal with her complex feelings. If this had been a real patient in a real clinic, it is possible I would have taken her con- cern more seriously. On the other hand, I can imagine that worries about time constraints would actually elevate my desire to avoid “opening Pandora’s box.”2 Although I subscribe to the cliché that
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doctors are generally altruistic, I under- stand that we are also flawed individuals. We want to help people, but we do not always feel equipped to deal with issues outside of the strict biomedical realm. This subdues our ability to always give patients the attention they deserve and particularly blinds us to their social and emotional context. As Texas grows more diverse, cultural differences enhance this challenge. It would be a mistake for doc- tors and students alike to assume this is a skill we can master without consider- able effort and attention. I am grateful my medical education
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has already given me the chance to work with an experienced physician preceptor. Her skill in relating to and understand- ing her patients has been a powerful ad- dition to the class lectures. I have gone from belittling to embracing humanism in medicine, and acknowledging my weakness in this area has freed me to pursue a path of improvement. n
Samuel Rogers is a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine.
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References 1. Levinson W, Gorawara-Bhat R, Lamb J. A study of patient clues and physician responses in primary care and surgical settings. JAMA. 2000;284:1021–1027.
2. Townsend JM. One last question: opening Pan- dora’s box? Ann Fam Med. 2009;7(2):176–177.
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