Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion. You … - Alan Bennett

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For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned. The berries crackle, and the mill turns round. . . At once they gratify their scent and taste. And frequent cups prolong the rich repast. . . Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).

Alan Bennett

Remember. You are a physician. You are not a policeman nor are you a minister of religion. You must take people as they come. Remember, too that though you will generally know more about the condition than the patient, it is the patient who has the condition and this if nothing else bestows on him or her a kind of wisdom. You have the knowledge but that does not entitle you to be superior. Knowledge makes you the servant not the master.

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