“ Nobody knows why people lie to their doctors and nurses but we do have an infallible technique for detecting patients who are telling porkies; their lips move.
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Lies, lifestyle and longevity - Times Online
Dr Copperfield, an Essex GP, expounds on the propensity of patients to mislead their clinicians about diet, vices, exercise, and other lifestyle choices and the National Health Service’s response - a plan to add a life check questionnaire to its NHS Choices website.
