{"id":854,"date":"2014-03-02T20:18:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T19:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=854"},"modified":"2014-02-04T00:19:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T23:19:49","slug":"if-the-patient-knows-more-than-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2014\/03\/02\/if-the-patient-knows-more-than-you-do\/","title":{"rendered":"If the patient knows more than you do &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spend some of my time working in a hospice for children and young people, and much of that time I know I am looking after patients who, themselves or their parents, know more about their condition than I do. 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