Two weeks ago, Dr. Rubenstein and I talked about one of the difficulties of being a doctor. This week, we're shifting gears and the focus is now on the patient. In particular, the angry patient. Dr. Hamedani shares his experience at being the nicest dude in the world, and how he deals with hard-to-deal-with patients.

 

Produced by James E. Siegler and Erika Mejia. Music by Peter Rudenko, Steve Combs, and Lovira. Voiceover by Erika Mejia. BrainWaves' podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used for routine clinical decision making. ...But you can probably learn a lot about how to talk with your patients from Dr. Hamedani. So take some notes. He invented the bedside manner.