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Marisha Burden, Professor of Medicine--Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system

Behind hurried moments are care teams that are working within a health care system that is often stretched too thin. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

We’ve all been there: You wait 45 minutes in the exam room when the doctor finally walks in.

They seem rushed. A few questions, a quick exam, a glance at the clock and then a rapid-fire plan with little time for discussion – and you leave feeling unheard, hurried and frustrated.

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