Definition of "bedside manner" []

• The attitude and conduct of a physician in the presence of a patient. (noun)

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• "Eleanor Prentice had a sort of coy bedside manner with the rector."
• "“The staff at Metropolitan Hospital described him as having a very good bedside manner when he worked there as a nurse,” I pointed out."
• "In the meantime, we were still busting Bill Stanton over his bedside manner the day before, when the group first came through the doors."