Distressed people get more investigations, more treatment, and can have poorer outcomes because of this. Back in the 80’s there were some good studies on how patients communicated.  Through videos of consultations (with the patient’s consent!) researchers looked at patient behaviour and how they communicated with the doctor.  And then looked at the influence this had on the way the doctor dealt with the patient and th...

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