what, if anything, were you thinking?
I hear some surprising things in this job. I trust I’m not violating confidence if I repeat this doozy from a discharge report:
At this point the etiology of the [symptom] is still unclear to me; it could possibly be idiopathic but, given that his symptoms have resolved and [test results], most likely his [symptom] has unclear etiology.
Idiopathic or unclear? We report, you decide.
Here’s an annoying one: the surgeon who dictated this report (not transcribed by me) makes a correction:
If you were trying to make someone understand a word, wouldn’t you pronounce all its syllables?