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It's just a catchphrase you'll get sick of hearing. RN's use the phrase "well, I'm just being a patient advocate" an awful lot. It's the implication that no one else gives a darn about the patient that really gets under your skin.
In allo med school, they don't even show you the whole patient. The patient is covered in a burqa, and only the affected body part is shown to you. History has to be taken in a written format (you wouldn't want the patient's voice to garner empathy, heaven forbid), and must only be applicable to the problem at hand. They are identified by an alphanumerical code only.
Duh, guys, I don't know what's wrong with all of you. I haven't even SEEN a whole patient in 3 years, much less treated one.