What's a good doctor?

Over 100 people from 24 countries submitted rapid responses to our web based debate on what a good doctor is and how one is made. We have selected 14 and summarise the rest. Everyone had something different to say, writes Tonks (p 715). For some, the notion of a good doctor was simple: it was one who satisfies patients or whom you would trust yourself. For others, defining a good doctor was more difficult. Like describing a good car or a good play, it all depends on the perspective. Patients, for example, wanted good listeners, and educators wanted good teachers.

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What's a good doctor and how do you make one?

Carlos A Rizo, Alejandro R Jadad, Murray Enkin, Malvinder S Parmar, Julio Sotelo, Gabriel S Gorin Rosenbaum, Paul Root Wolpe, Dipan N Mistry, Magdeldin A Elgizouli, Robert I Rudolph, Mark J Wilson, Louise Ward, Valerie James, Peter McMullin, Colin Guthrie, Malcolm R Macleod, and Alison Tonks
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