TY - JOUR T1 - Looking at the patient JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 453 LP - 453 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X509667 VL - 60 IS - 575 AU - Nicola D Jones Y1 - 2010/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/575/453.2.abstract N2 - I read with interest the letter ‘looking at the patient’1 published in the April BJGP, especially as I have been reflecting on my own consultations recently.I, too, have learned to touch type so that I can record notes while listening to and looking at the patient (except when I have to work in a room in the computer is angled in a different direction to the patient). I sometimes also ‘speak as I write’ so that patients are able to hear what I am recording, and can correct me if I erroneously type ‘right’ instead … ER -