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July 15, 2007

Doctors Talk Too Much? Ha! Try Stockbrockers & VCs

A June paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that doctors talk too much. Fair enough, but with a mere 34% of doctors chattering about themselves in patient visits, and then 21% returning to the pre-nattering topic at hand, they're shy, non-ADD-sufferers compared to your average stockbroker or venture capitalist.

The MD-SDs [doctor self-disclosures] included discussion of personal emotions and experiences, families and/or relationships, professional descriptions, and personal experiences with the patient’s diagnosis. Seventy-three MD-SDs were identified in 38 (34%) of 113 visits. Ten MD-SDs (14%) were a response to a patient question. Forty-four (60%) followed patient symptoms, family, or feelings; 29 (40%) were unrelated. Only 29 encounters (21%) returned to the patient topic preceding the disclosure. Most MD-SDs (n = 62; 85%) were not considered useful to the patient by the research team. Eight MD-SDs (11%) were coded as disruptive.

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