0 the way in which a doctor treats people who are ill, especially showing kind, friendly, and understanding behaviour:
1 the way a doctor behaves toward people being treated to make them feel comfortable:
His diagnosis was perfect, and his bedside manner is also known to be perfect.
A charming bedside manner alone is not enough and it should not determine the number of patients treated or the amount of the quarterly cheque.
The bedside manner, the healing art of listening, is very often an important part of the cure.
In applying the doctor's mandate to the cotton industry his bedside manner, to say the least, has been very unsatisfactory.
He has a remarkably attractive and soothing bedside manner.
Perhaps the amount of work done by doctors and nurses precludes their developing an effective bedside manner.
I understand that by repute he has an excellent bedside manner.
His bedside manner was charming, but it does not lull us into any sense of security.
