The Doctors' Silence
_SIR,—Mr. Barton, in his interesting letter in your issue of December 5th, stresses the unfortunate result to patients of .a policy which is intended, in many cases, to reduce their worrying. -But " silence " is only one of many factors that may affect patients' well-being, and indeed their speed of recovery. The National Institute of Industrial Psychology is planning to make a systematic survey in a number of hospitals of the attitudes of patients to all aspects of hospital life. The aim is to help the responsible staff—medical, nursing and administrative— to know what their patients are really thinking. The scheme has been received with considerable interest by the. doctors, nurses and adminis- trators with whom it has been discussed, and a pilot survey has been started. It is hoped that more hospitals will be ready to participate
(Assistant Director) -National Institute of Industrial Psychology. 14 Welbeck Street, W.I.
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