Abstract
Patients want their doctors to be polite and civil as well as competent. Tips on how to practice etiquette-based medicine, as advanced by Dr. Michael Kahn, are presented. Expanding on this concept is a look at the 25 rules of civil conduct authored by Dr. P.M. Forni. Specific examples of how these rules of conduct may be incorporated into our clinical practice are discussed.
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Colgan, R. (2010). Civility. In: Advice to the Young Physician. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1034-9_7
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