after reading Tim Senior http://bjgp.org/content/66/652/579  

We cannot meet in one room. 

Yours or mine. 

Telephone or video today. 

This is too important for text or e-mail. 

There may be talking. 

There may be listening. 

There will be silence. 

What will we see with our ears? 

Is there enough relationship? 

Understanding? 

Knowledge? 

Wisdom? 

or 

Skills, Competencies, Processes 

Procedures, Protocols, Pathways 

Proformas, Checklists, Safety nets? 

or 

once again —  

conversation 

between  strangers? 

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Consultation

Two people in a room.

There may be talking.

There may be listening.

There will be silence.

Is there

Relationship?

Knowledge?

Wisdom?

Or

proficiencies

processes

procedures

protocols

pathways

proformas?

A conversation