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Writing Clearly but With Confusion
Maurice Bernstein
Academic Psychiatry 2009;33:403-403.
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Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

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I read medical student patient write-ups. I wonder if students actually understand what they write. They write things like "Patient was alert but unresponsive" or "The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed." Or "no prior history of suicides." I write: "I understand everything you don’t mean, or maybe not."
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