Awkward Moments With Patients
By txmed • Feb 24th, 2008 • Category: UncategorizedHaving just performed a DRE on a patient in the ER, the patient reached for my now ungloved hand. I pulled away.
Patient: “I just want to hold you hand. You’re cute.”
A very brief awkward pause followed, which the patient decided to break by saying something even more biazzare.
Patient: “Actually what I want to do is sexually assault you.”
Can we say borderline or something? Perhaps blessedly I haven’t had my psych rotation yet.
txmed is a fourth year medical student with a strong interest in health care policy and politics. In addition to From Medskool, he writes for Medscape and helps run the popular medical blog carnival Grand Rounds.
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Gosh. Scary!