Offering reassurance: the consultant gastroenterologist
Consultant gastroenterologist Rajaratnam Mathialagan talks to Kathy Oxtoby about tackling his patients’ concerns and sharing his skills with trainees “Around 75% of medicine is about reassurance,” says Rajaratnam Mathialagan, a consultant physician and gastroenterologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust in Norfolk. “Practising as a gastroenterologist for the past 25 years, I’ve found that most patients seeking medical help are worried and anxious—and...
Source: bmj.com