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Is Your Doctor Laughing at You?

Is Your Doctor Laughing at You?

Jen Fad · Monday, September 15th 2008 at 3:42PM · 120 views
Is Your Doctor Laughing at You?
By Theresa Tamkins. Provided by Health.com

You’re sick, in the hospital, or maybe even undergoing surgery. The last thing you want to contemplate is the thought that your doctor might be making fun of your tattoos while you’re anesthetized.

But does it happen? Yes. According to a survey of doctors starting a residency in internal medicine, 17% had—along with their colleagues—made fun of a patient, sometimes when the patient was under.

Egad. Is nothing sacred? The good news, though, is that 94% of the 110 medical interns who took the anonymous survey realized that such behavior was inappropriate, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Jen Fad Central Jersey, NJ

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Jen Fad Monday, September 15th 2008 at 3:46PM

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