Rather, it is a state both of feeling and of knowledge, of wonder and intellectual engagement.
There's a feeling of intimate knowledge, of high stakes and personal anger and sorrow.
That's not a criticism: the book's strength comes from a feeling of intimate knowledge and immediacy.
But there is a feeling of self-knowledge about him that comes through.
Some of these feelings of superior knowledge, skill, or judgement are no doubt justified.
"… I can actually prove to the patient that nowadays it is no longer necessary to always treat otitis with antibiotics, that it isn't something that I have made up".- Female The GPs pointed out the importance of feeling trust and feeling that the source of knowledge was reliable.
Further, they can give a feeling of more thorough knowledge, a sense of control, and thus confidence.
Other important topics were training of practical skills, enhancing motivation and giving a feeling of useful, applicable knowledge.
The GPs developed specific skills to come up with their own personal "scales", usually based on an implicit combination of "gut feeling", "knowledge of the patient", and "small signs".
