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Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t. Use the first name, and you are partonizing. Use the last name in public and you violate HIPAA. Call them friend or sir/madame and you are politically incorrect. Refer to them withou a name and you are insensitive. Believe me, it’s a no win. Many of the 80 year olds we care for are for are calling our professionals Honey, Sweetie and Girlie. Maybe we could call patients by a code name. Hey, buddy?

[…] Beyond AMA news, a new study showed that some physicians “self-disclose” too much, often wasting precious time or distracting from the patient conversation. Lonely? Building trust and rapport with the patient? Tired and loss of focus? Comforting the patient by sharing a common problem? Whatever the reason, the researchers were surprised at how often the disclosure seemed to be more about the physician rather than the patient. If physicians cut out a bit of the unnecessary chatter, maybe they would have time to ask if the patient wants to be called on a first name basis or not. […]

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