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Background When a patient says �yes� to a doctor, it does not necessarily mean that they agree or that they will do what the doctor recommends. In this essay, the author describes how her understanding of �yes� changed when a friend from Ecuador was learning English. �Yes� may sometimes be a marker, used to keep the speaker talking when the listener does not fully understand. When patients say �yes,� it can have multiple possible meanings and can be a cue for the physician to probe more deeply.
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