TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Communication skills A1 - Murtagh, John A1 - Rosenblatt, Jill A1 - Coleman, Justin A1 - Murtagh, Clare PY - 2018 T2 - Murtagh's General Practice, 7e AB - Most people have a furious itch to talk about themselves and are restrained only by the disinclination of others to listen. Reserve is an artificial quality that is developed in most of us as a result of innumerable rebuffs. The doctor is discreet. It is his business to listen and no details are too intimate for his ears.W SOMERSET MAUGHAM (1874–1965), SUMMINGUP SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd CY - Sydney, Australia Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - murtagh.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158809084 ER -