@Atul_Gawande @philiplederer I put on my white coat yesterday in the ED bc too many pts came up to my computer to ask me for blankets.
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@sharayurkiewicz@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer couldnt getting a blanket for a pt? good thing there were nurses working!#nursesunite
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@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer Doctors aren't the only ones wearing#whitecoats in the hospital. Nurse practitioners, pharm, lab tech, etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer No white coats in UK for years, doctors of many races and both genders. Never been an issue for patients.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer Super interesting. I think many of the commenters are seriously underestimating the psychic value of someone + -
@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer who "looks" like a doctor (I accept the race & gender issues but I think they're tangential) in patients + -
@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer healing process. We're humans, we look for patterns and we respond to them, including responding positively + -
@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer to the white coat even before any clinical intervention has taken place. "We don't need it in Europe" is not + -
@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer a valid response to that; we're not Europe, we have our own set of cultural signifiers. The white coat is one.
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@Atul_Gawande@philiplederer Agreed! It's not just about#MRSA.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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