What makes a great doctor?

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[00:00:00]If you have a dialogue with a patient, and you make a patient feel comfortable talking to you about anything, they'll tell you, "Doc, I can't afford [music] this." Or they have diabetes, you're having them to eat healthy, and they're telling you, "Listen, I get food stamps.

[00:00:12]The only food I can afford to buy is McDonald's or Burger King." And you have to take that into consideration. Listen to your patient. Even if you can't fix all their problems, if they understand that you're listening to them, that goes a long way. To the point that they they might even find other ways >> [music] >> to make changes that might be meaningful. So, all those things to me is what makes medicine great. And that's how you become a very good doctor.