Sentence examples for difficult patient from inspiring English sources

She was the quintessentially difficult patient.

"She was a difficult patient," he said.

Once a resident asked me to help him deal with a difficult patient, whom he actually dreaded seeing.

But exactly why one doctor can relate to a difficult patient, and another can alienate her, is a mystery.

This is when my "difficult" patient attempts to pin me against a wall, still demanding his medication.

Photographing the girl, Ms. Dijkstra affects the sympathetic dispassion of a family doctor examining a difficult patient.

That requires the difficult, patient cultivation of sources on the ground, including the opposition.

I explained that without regular exercise I was likely to be a very difficult patient.

The resident had never had therapy himself, but just realizing the origin of his negative feelings helped him deal with this difficult patient.

Though if I know I will be particularly busy or have a difficult patient the following day it can be hard to relax.

To a certain extent, the 'difficult' patient who feels unseen, unheard and unrecognized, is mirrored by the clinician who remains unrecognized as a genuine helper.