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Your Patient

Needs to understand it, and to trust you.

Your Patient
Who they are
A patient or carer taking in health information, often worried, often without medical training.
Decides
Understood
Wins them
  • Plain answers, the most important thing first.
  • What to do, when, and when to get help.
Loses them
  • Jargon, hedging that hides the answer, anything that sounds dismissive.

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