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July 30, 2024Primary Health Care

Why it matters to get patients’ and colleagues’ names right

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Mispronunciation of names can lead to feelings of exclusion for staff and affect the nurse-patient relationship. Find out how to challenge it

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Allie Anderson (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5e8eeb6db64358757d848 https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.34.4.12.s5

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