Tag: words

• The Feminine Perspective?

  “Men and women think differently, doctor,” a patient said to me recently, shaking her head in response to some requested advice from me. “You of all people should know that.” It was stated with a look of smug authority, as if  to disagree would have been tantamount to an admission of professional incompetence. And while…

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  June 21, 2013

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  differing gender world view., Female perspective, feminine approach, gender in medicine, gender roles, medical opinions, patient expectations, women’s health, women’s issues, words

• Meanings

  Can we ever understand each other? Know what is being asked of us? It’s not just a medical problem; it’s universal, I suspect. And it’s one that entails far more than simply comprehending the meaning of a word in both its denotative (definitional) as well as its connotative (secondary, or evocative) usage. It involves apprehending -truly appreciating…

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  February 22, 2013

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  communication, doctor/patient relationship, listening, Meaningful encounters, medical communication, patient communication, relationship, understanding, wellness, women’s health, women’s issues, words

• Words and Names

  Words are important, let’s face it; they help us address those most existential of all entities: concepts. They describe things, modify things, name things. Without them, we’d no doubt be reduced to gestures -limited descriptors at best. The richness that is reality would still be there, but unexpressed, identified perhaps, but somehow unrepresented. To an extent then,…

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  July 20, 2012

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  complications of labour, expectations, Labour, names, pregnancy, pregnancy complications, women’s health, words