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The following quotes were taken from actual medical records dictated by physicians. They appeared in a column written by Richard Lederer, Ph.D., for the Journal of Court Reporting.
*Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
*On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had
completely disappeared.
*The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.
*Discharge status: Alive but without permission. The patient will need
disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.
*The patient refused an autopsy.
*The patient has no past history of suicides.
*The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.
*Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
*Patient was becoming more demented with urinary frequency.
*The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant
with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
*She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate
directions in early December.
*The patient left the hospital feeling much better except for her
original complaints.
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