‘May I take your temperature?’ implies a theft of the patient’s energy: The best AusDoc comments

We look back on what you had to say about the good, the bad and ugly of a troubling year
Staff writer
Cartoon by Fiona Katauskas.

From managing motherhood and medicine to treatments that defy scientific reason, below we offer a sample of what you had to say.

The first comment is a powerful reminder of the privileged access doctors have into the weird and wonderful worlds of ordinary people.

The original article was called Where have all the patient stories gone in medicine?

One reader offered some anecdotal insights into their importance.