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title: What Happens When Doctors and Patients Interrupt Each Other?
description: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝙁𝘼𝙎𝙏. What happens when doctors and patients interrupt each other. Actually lots of interesting things, some good, some bad. Things are changing...
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# [What Happens When Doctors and Patients Interrupt Each Other?](https://ourthinking.think-gen.com/doctors-patients-interrupt)

 Written by [ThinkGen Team](https://ourthinking.think-gen.com/author/thinkgen-team) | Dec 15, 2022 5:52:00 PM

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝙁𝘼𝙎𝙏. What happens when doctors and patients interrupt each other? Actually lots of interesting things, some good, some bad. Things are changing on this front. In the good old days, male doctors maintained a paternalistic relationship with their patients, who only spoke when asked to speak. Now care is provided on a more collaborative basis, with more give-and-take between the doctor and the patient.

More generally, want to get some interesting insights as to how interruptions fit into your communications patterns? Check out: [https://wb.md/3WzIgfN](https://wb.md/3WzIgfN)

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