One of the commonest criticisms which patients have about doctors is that they use so much jargon that it's very hard for patients to understand what they're saying. It's true that some doctors find it hard to speak in a plain language which is simple enough for patients to understand. We're taught to use technical medical terms in our five years of medical college, and we're so proud about the fact that we understand all these arcane, complicated terms that we tend to use them all the time to demonstrate our mastery of medicine. Since doctors talk mostly to other doctors most of the time , this works out well.
However, we forget that patients don't understand the terms we use, and often a lot of what we say goes about their heads. However, they are too scared to tell us that they haven't understood, and we get fooled into thinking our communication skills our flawless ! Sadly, some…
