"Sometimes it's not only the doctor who will lower his guard. The patient may think that it's just a trifling matter, not requiring her to pester the doctor with a lot of chatter," says Dr. Lin Ching-yun, who once had a patient who neglected to mention beforehand that she had a myocardial infarct.
「有時不僅醫生開『皮』了會掉以輕心，患者也往往以為是小事一樁，不需要和醫生羅嗦太多」，曾經碰過患者有心肌梗塞病史，卻在問診時隻字不提的林靜芸醫生說。