Flippant talk
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Flippant talk

Jane Bates , Works in outpatients in Hampshire

Rhyming slang is affront to Jane Bates

Having heard of a coach trip comfort stop called ‘splash ‘n dash’, I was nevertheless unprepared for a similar snappy phrase from a patient, and neither was the examining doctor.

Nursing Standard. 23, 43, 27-27. doi: 10.7748/ns.23.43.27.s31

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