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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be interested in hearing from providers, but it seems natural to adjust your language based on the patient's knowledge and education. A friend who's the son of a doctor told the story of running into an ER with his child in the middle of the night wearing a cutoff tshirt. The doc started explaining extremely basic facts (on the level of "the lungs help you breathe") until the dad started talking, demonstrating that he knew more medicine than 99 percent of patients.[/quote]

This is going to vary based on the doctor. You would hope the professionalism would extend to all, but the research says otherwise. I'll also never forget that one of the women I trained with would comment on people who didn't "dress up" appropriately for the visit; e.g., wearing sneakers and jeans instead of something more dressy.

I personally work with a population for which 1/3 of my patients don't have running water or electricity, so I am fairly certain I am able to put looking for designer labels out of my mind. I'm sure I have my own biases, but I don't think this is one of them.

I do start to do my counselling about diagnostic assessment and plan, and then pause to do "teach back" so that I can tailor it to a level people expect and need.
This is a dermatology CME, but it applies broadly: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190962212012443[/quote]

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