A while back the BMJ carried a long article on patient dignity. The advice was all a bit too touchy feely for my taste: I would prefer someone speaking in the tones of a bank manager discussing, with a customer of good standing, the available options for a pension. Something equally vital as health for postponing death for as long as possible
Actually I have long thought that the best way to instil respect for patients into medical students would be for them to have to conduct full physical examinations on the Dean, the professors & the consultants
