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The Scrubs Patient Compliance Subplot – Part I

May 22nd, 2007 at 11:58 am · Allan Showalter, MD · Lay Media · No Comments

Pompous Doctor Unable to Deal With Noncompliance




Source: Scrubs: My Big Move. Episode 90, Season 4, First Aired: April 12, 2005

The Story

Dr. Cox confronts his 16 year old patient, with whom he mistakenly feels he has good rapport, on her nonadherence to her anti-epileptic medication regimen, informing her that she will die if she doesn’t take the medication appropriately. Elliot [AKA "Blond Haired Doctor"], is appalled.



The patient meekly agrees to take her medication, but [gasp] doesn’t do so.



Guilty to discover that shouting at his patient caused her to cry, Dr. Cox awkwardly tries to establish communication with his patient by talking about issues he, again mistakenly, thinks teenaged girls would find interesting.



Dr. Cox, despite hours of effort, fails to forge a working relationship with his patient.


Stay tuned for Part II of The Scrubs Patient Compliance Subplot



Updated: The Scrubs Patient Compliance Subplot – Part II

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