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Words are important: Improving doctor-patient communication

September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 Clarice 3 Comments Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, communication, ethics, health policy, Holland Kaplan, Language, medical ethics, medical school

On the first day of medical school, one of my anatomy lab professors emphasized to us, “Words are important.” If we accidentally identified the “flexor

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From the Labs features an image of endothelial cells of the bovine pulmonary artery. Image courtesy of J. Kirk/ Baylor's Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core Lab.