"bedside manner" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɛdsaɪd ˈmænə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌbɛdˌsaɪd ˈmænɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-bedside manner.ogg [Australia] Forms: bedside manners [plural]
Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ) Etymology: bedside + manner, from the fact that doctors and nurses usually stand or sit at their patients’ bedsides when talking to them. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bedside manner (countable and uncountable, plural bedside manners)
  1. The ability of a doctor, medic, nurse, or other healthcare professional, to interact with his or her patients. Wikipedia link: Joint Base Andrews, Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Healthcare Related terms: webside manner

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          "ref": "1884 March 15, “Annals of a winter health resort”, in Punch, or the London Charivari, volume LXXXVI, London: Published at the office, 85, Fleet Street, →DOI, →OCLC, page 121",
          "text": "Lady Visitor. \"Oh that's your Doctor, is it? What sort of a doctor is he?\" / Lady Resident. \"Oh well, I don't know much about his ability; but he's got a very good bedside manner!\"",
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          "ref": "1898, B[ithia] M[ary] Croker, “chapter XXVI”, in Miss Balmaine’s Past (Lippincott’s Series of Select Novels), Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 204",
          "text": "\"You will soon be all right, my fine fellow,\" said the London surgeon reassuringly. He was renowned for his sympathetic bedside manner.",
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          "ref": "2001, Paul Carrick, Medical Ethics in the Ancient World (The Clinical Medical Ethics Series), Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, page 100",
          "text": "[W]e turn now to explore four additional Hippocratic works that promise to shed more light on the values and conduct of the ancient physician. […] Since they address such topics as professional conduct between physicians, bedside manners, proper decorum, and handling difficult patients, these four works are traditionally counted as the basic Hippocratic guide to sound medical etiquette.",
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          "text": "Our bedside manner matters because it indicates to patients whether they can trust us. Where there is no trust, there can be little healing. A good bedside manner is not static: It develops in coordination with the patients' needs, but it is grounded in the timeless clinical virtues of honesty, humor, and humility in the presence of human weakness and human suffering.",
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          "ref": "2021 July 30, Alex Hawgood, “These Clubhouse Hosts Are Keeping the Party Alive”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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