“These doctors, who had long experience with people in pain in addition to their traditional training and schooling, had discovered that nothing happens without communication, treatment based on evidence of outcome, and what used to be called a good bedside manner.” PeopleLongHappensPainUsedCommunicationTrainingEvidenceDoctorsThings HappenTraditionalUsed To BeTherapyOutcomesInjuryTreatmentDoctor WhoSchoolingWithout CommunicationBedside Manner Book:Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign Source: Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign
“Simple intervention - the time spent with a patient - is a very powerful ingredient of the patient-doctor contract. The evidence is against the traditions such as surgery for back pain being true - the evidence says it doesn't work.” PainSimplePowerfulEvidenceTraditionDoctorsPatientBeing TrueTherapyInjuryIngredientsContractsSurgeryInterventionVery PowerfulTime SpentBack Pain Book:Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign Source: Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign