Beyond the Chief Complaint: Our Patients' Worries.
Fourth-year medical students at the University of Colorado School of Medicine distributed cards to patients in the emergency department asking, "What Worries You Most?" The patients' responses provided insight about their most pressing concerns, often unrelated to their "chief complaints."
['Chau|V M|VM|', 'Engeln|J T|JT|', 'Axelrath|S|S|', 'Khatter|S J|SJ|', 'Kwon|R|R|', 'Melton|M A|MA|', 'Reinsvold|M C|MC|', 'Staley|V M|VM|', 'To|J|J|', 'Tanabe|K J|KJ|', 'Wojcik|R|R|']
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