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Patients: ‘Difficult,’ ‘Tough’ or Just Misunderstood?

Apr 14, 2013

From medscape.com

“I am a family practitioner, and I’ve practiced in a rural health center in a medically underserved area. I’ve been pondering the concepts of “difficult” or “tough” patients, trying to identify what, for me, defines such patients. There is a difference in the way a physician would most effectively deal with patients depending whether they’re difficult or merely in a difficult situation in life; whether they’re noncompliant; or whether their behavior is unacceptable to the practice.” Read more…