#6ESL Podcast 466-Having a Good or Bad Bedside Manner

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ESL Podcast 466-Having a Good or Bad Bedside Manner




Cho: I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a doctor.
cut out: talent, to be created to do something
(more often hearing this expression in negative)

Joy: I think you'll be great. I've seen you with patients and you have a great bedside manner – not like Gregory.
patient: people who're receiving a medical care or attention from a doctor or nurse
bedside manner: the way a doctor or nurse treat to the patient

Cho: Why? What's wrong with his bedside manner?
Joy: I've seen him with patients and he can be really callous. For instance, I was in the room last week when he was telling one of his patients that she was taking a turn for the worse.
callous: without considering someone else
for instance = for example
taking a turn for the worse: be getting worse, opposite be getting better, especially talking about someone's health

Cho: What did he say?
Joy: He just blurted it out. He told her the diagnosis, and he didn't even try to soften the news when she asked about her prognosis. He did absolutely nothing to try to comfort or reassure her.
blurt it out: say something without thinking it first
diagnosis: the doctor conclusion about what the medical problem is
soften: more easier to accept
"ex: soften the blow" blow: hit or punch
prognosis: doctor's opinions about how your health will change in the furture
comfort: make else comfortable
reassure: make the feel better about something

Cho: I feel sorry for the patient.
feel sorry for: to understand someone's difficulty

Joy: That's the point. Gregory didn't, and it didn't seem to faze him that the patient was very upset and close to hysterics.
didn't seem to faze him: be surprise because some else wasn't affected by something
hysterics: have uncontrol emotion

Cho: That's terrible. I'll try to remember to be more compassionate with my patients.
compassionate: to be caring/kind/nice to someone

Joy: Don't worry. It's against your nature to be anything but considerate.
against your nature: something you can't do because not part of your personality
anything but considerate: emphasize the next word by saying that definitely not ture