The phrase "a courtesy gesture" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action taken to show politeness or consideration towards someone else.
Example: "Sending a thank-you note after the meeting was a courtesy gesture that was greatly appreciated."
Alternatives: "a polite gesture" or "a considerate act".
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However, the Spaniards either misread or ignored the intentions of their hosts and often forced native commoners, who customarily provided temporary labour to visitors as a courtesy gesture, into slavery.
Later, you notice that dishes are sauced with such markable and deliberate restraint that the sauce seems but a courtesy gesture.
Moreover, clinical informed consent is important to patients [ 31- 34], a fact that was confirmed by our data showing that only a small minority of respondents perceived it as a "meaningless routine" or a "courtesy gesture".
Only 2.6%and8.1%1% of respondents, respectively, ranked "meaningless routine" and "courtesy gesture" statements 1 3, with an overall median rank of 9 for each statement (Table 2), suggesting that clinical informed consent is conceived to serve an important purpose by almost all respondents.
Further, there was a positive correlation between age and ranking scores of "courtesy gesture" and 'inform patient" statements of borderline significance (rho = 0.12, p = 0.01; rho = 0.12, p = 0.01, respectively).
The three statements with worse overall rank, "meaningless routine", "courtesy gesture" and "take away compensation rights" were ranked 8 10 by 81%, 59%, and 51% of respondents, respectively.
Some respondents had difficulty differentiating "meaningless routine" from "courtesy gesture", and most respondents considered "litigation protection" and "take away compensation rights" the same.
The three statements with the worse overall ranks, "meaningless routine", "take away compensation rights", and "courtesy gesture" were ranked 8 10 by 90%, 67%, and 67% of respondents, respectively.
Non-patient-centered statements ("meaningless routine", "take away compensation rights", "courtesy gesture", 'litigation protection", and "document patient's decision") were ranked better, whereas patient-centered statements ("help patient decide", "make sure patient understand", and "discover patient's preferences") were ranked worse according to perception of current practice.
Questions of essential decency boil down to "do you respect wood?" and a lie is appreciated as "a gesture, it's a courtesy, it's a little respect!" Larry turns down sex with a woman he's been lusting after for a season when he discovers she's a Republican.
