There was an article in the New York Times today written by a doctor, in which he described what he thought most people wanted to see in a doctor. He said that his patients never wanted to hear about his own experiences with pain or medical maladies, no matter how similar they were to those of the patient. The point was the doctor determined that people just don't want to hear it, and that one of the "joys" of the doctor's office is that there is an unwaveringly sympathetic ear to one's troubles there. At the doctor's office, people generally complain of pain, and they have no desire or expectation to hear about anyone else's condition.
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