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| November 15, 2002 | Berger, Joanne M. | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Imagine someone watching videotapes of your visits with patients and counting the laughs and smiles. Markku Haakana, Ph.D., of the University of Helsinki (Finland), did just that, reporting that during 60 visits there were 251 occurrences of laughter by patients and 59 by doctors (J. Sociolinguistics 6[2]:207-35, 2002). Also, 70% of patients' laughter was not reciprocated by doctors; 44% of doctors' laughter was not reciprocated by patients. Still unresolved was whether smiling responses should be considered nonreciprocation. "If so, the ...

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