The Annals of Internal Medicine has published an article of original research by Larry R. Churchill, PhD, and David Schenck, PhD
entitled "Healing Skills for Medical Practice"
(18 November 2008 | Volume 149 Issue 10 | Pages 720-724)
"Eight skills emerged as pivotal from the transcripts of these interviews:
~do the little things;
~take time;
~be open and listen;
~find something to like, to love;
~remove barriers;
~let the patient explain;
~share authority;
~be committed.
Mastery of these skills would provide enduring improvements in patient care and reaffirm medicine's calling as a healing profession.
Cost of use of these highly evolved techniques=priceless.
