Doctor Talk – What’s Said?

posted: 23/12/2010

You have just 15 minutes to talk with your HIV doctor and the clock is ticking.     What should you talk about?     Are you saying the right thing?     Does your doctor understand you?      Do you understand the doctor?      Is the doctor treating you seriously?

Lindsay Calder and James Miller from Living Well  talk to doctors and patients about this special relationship.

Click to read the article, first published this summer, in HIV Treatment Update.
 

Read about

• What we want from our doctor
• Telling it like it is
• Working the 15-minute slot
• Take PART
• You’ve got mail
• The special relationship
• Information levels

You may also find this helpful : You and Your Doctor factsheet.

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