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What does bedside manner mean?

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Noun
  1. The ability of a doctor, medic, nurse, or other healthcare professional, to interact with his or her patients. [from 19th c.]
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The aim is to produce young doctors who know the theory, but also have the experience and bedside manner to deal with patients face to face.
Dr. Berry was a round little man with soulful eyes and a twenty-four-hour bedside manner.
Again the staff's bedside manner was impeccable, and helped us through a long evening of hanging around waiting to feel better.
What good they did was mostly achieved through a confident bedside manner, reassuring the patient that all would be well.
Brushing up on your bedside manner may mean more to your patients than spending more time with them.
For example, we assume our doctors know medicine, so we judge them on their bedside manner.

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