bedside manner
noun
: the manner that a physician assumes toward patients
a doctor with a soothing bedside manner
broadly
: a person's manner in dealing with others
The good news for Coelho is that his problem is largely a matter of style, not substance. With a smoother bedside manner, friends and opponents agree, he could probably get the job done. —
Dana Milbank
Dana Milbank Examples of bedside manner in a Sentence
A number of patients have complained about the doctor's impersonal bedside manner.
a nurse with a warm bedside manner
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Both offer a critique of bedside manner; patients that, seemingly fine, suddenly lose consciousness; red herrings, dead ends and wrong trees to bark up.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety Robby, a calm and experienced leader with a phenomenal bedside manner, acts as a center of gravity in an ever-swirling maelstrom of doctors, nurses, students, social workers, ambulance drivers, administrators and patients.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Three weeks in, students were at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital to learn about bedside manner.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Remember that the best physicians can treat your illness and have a great bedside manner.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Popular on Variety Robby, a calm and experienced leader with a phenomenal bedside manner, acts as a center of gravity in an ever-swirling maelstrom of doctors, nurses, students, social workers, ambulance drivers, administrators and patients.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Three weeks in, students were at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital to learn about bedside manner.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Remember that the best physicians can treat your illness and have a great bedside manner.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Bedside manner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedside%20manner. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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