Anger in the clinical encounter
Mrs. K walked into the clinic with a broad smile. Today she had cropped hair that was oiled and parted in the middle held by a series of clips. Usually, she has long hair that is braided. She must have gone to a temple to fulfil a prayer to the God and had her head tonsured. The hair must have slowly grown back. Women in this part of the world, especially women Mrs. K’s age (mid 50s), do not cut their hair short for style. It is usually to honor a prayer. Also, the fact that the hair had grown this much told me that I hadn’t seen Mrs. K in more than 3-4 months. I smiled back at her and offered her a seat. As soon as she sat down, she handed her case record notebook to me. When I flipped the pages, I noticed that I had seen her 4 months ago. Along with the notebook she also slid an envelope. When I opened the envelope and pulled out the slip of paper in it, I noticed that it was a lab report from yesterday. Her fasting blood glucose level was more than 200 and post meal blood gluc...