As doctors, we are like actors or musicians. We play roles, we play compositions that can reach deeply into the consciousness of other human beings. We can evoke feelings and sometimes bring about change if we are skilled and genuine in our delivery of the message our patients need to hear in the moment we meet them.
This is a topic I keep coming back to, with words like ACT, CHAMELEON and ROLE PLAY. I write pieces like the ones below and I use words like these with the most sincere and genuine purpose – to be the kind of doctor each of my patients needs in the moment they seek my help.
Here are three such essays from my archives:
If You Are a Doctor, Act Like One
Be the Doctor Each Patient Needs
Role Play
A Country Doctor Writes: 
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