[Lately, a girl has gone viral on the internet for coming in 12th place in an international maths competition, but only ending up in a technical college because maths was the only subject she was good at, so her overall score was too low to qualify for real college.]
> “Western doctors: “Get the patience out and let me talk to the family. I need to tell them some things.” Chinese Medicine doctors: “Get the family out and let me talk to the patient. I need to tell them some things.”” [Doctors in big hospitals in China are well known for not telling patients exactly what they’re sick with and only communicating with the family, because they believe knowing is more stressful and worrying for the patient.]
found this confusing -- the idea here is that "Western doctors" are Chinese doctors of Western medicine?
[I really feel like TCM doctors are fortune tellers]<— Yeah, maybe that’s because these people are describing cold reading techniques -_-
Minor: Get the patience out --> patients
> “Western doctors: “Get the patience out and let me talk to the family. I need to tell them some things.” Chinese Medicine doctors: “Get the family out and let me talk to the patient. I need to tell them some things.”” [Doctors in big hospitals in China are well known for not telling patients exactly what they’re sick with and only communicating with the family, because they believe knowing is more stressful and worrying for the patient.]
found this confusing -- the idea here is that "Western doctors" are Chinese doctors of Western medicine?
Yes, sorry for the confusion. This is a thing that doctors who practice modern medicine in China does.