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Australian Doctor,  December, 2006  by Whitten, David

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THE WHITTEN WORD by Dr David Whitten

I WELL recall my days in general practice, and how treating patients of different ages posed different types of problems.

Take the elderly, for example. Their slowness, though understandable, would cause me trouble because I did not have the luxury of being able to provide long consultations.

Winter was the worst time. I remember elderly ladies who, if needing to be examined, seemed to take forever behind the screen as they divested themselves of 15 layers of clothing.

At the other end of the spectrum, small babies provided a ...

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