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has to do with the better understanding of women's issues that will happen as a result of this change.
• All that being said, a good doctor, whether a woman or a man, is one that listens intensely enough to lose oneself and to try to walk in the patient's moccasins. 
• Take home message:
• 1. There are differences and similarities between men and women.
• 2. Understanding one another demands careful listening.
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• Dr. Rick Holm wrote this Prairie Doc Perspective for "On Call®," a weekly program where medical professionals discuss health concerns for the general public.  "On Call®" is produced by the Healing Words Foundation in association with the South Dakota State University Journalism Department. "On Call®" airs Thursdays on South Dakota Public Broadcasting-Television at 7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain. Visit us at OnCallTelevision.com. 
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