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The Nuances of Self-disclosure—Reply
Susan H. McDaniel, PhD;
Diane Morse, MD;
Ronald Epstein, MD;
Howard Beckman, MD;
David B. Seaburn, PhD;
Jordan Silberman, MPsych
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We thank Auster for sharing his experience of medical students relying too much on self-disclosure early in learning interviewing skills. Regarding his belief that physician self-disclosure (MD-SD) can be useful to the patient when the physician and patient share military experience, ours was a study of adult patients in a primary care community setting. We cannot say whether MD-SD can be helpful in other contexts, such as the military, pregnancy, or parenting, to mention other examples. These situations remain to be studied.
Regarding Auster's concern about "unverifiable hypothesizing," the qualitative methodology used in this study involved independent ratings about such issues as whether the physician returned to the patient's topic, whether the focus of the MD-SD was on the patient or the physician, and whether the MD-SD was . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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