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DO STOIC PATIENTS GET WORSE TREATMENT?

April 26, 2017confess doctors gp Patients secrets stoic think treatment worse

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DO STOIC PATIENTS GET WORSE TREATMENT?

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Dr Mind: I fear stoicism may work against them. Dr Gynae: By the time they make an appointment, they have stopped being stoic. Men are less likely to access health-care early. Whether this is stoicism is moot. Dr Everything: Stoic patients may get fobbed off by overprotective receptionists. The doctor is likely to take stoics seriously, since they will not be saying: ‘The headaches, the headaches – I must have a brain tumour.