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FS plaintively wails Efforting?.
Perhaps the man meant effecting. Or the article was misspelt, 'or' instead of 'ec'?
[Trying to be kind emoticon]
Or, [here's the bit I like emoticon] the MD was using efforting instead of effecting as a form of effortless affectation intended to effect a favourable impression of his efforts amongst his effective audience.
How do you like them apples?
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>efforting
Doctors are not well known for their command of the English language (excluding a few like Jonathan Miller who have made it their profession). I suspect that they have to learn too much technical stuff (Latin names for anatomy, drugs etc) to have time to read the kind of literature that enhances our use of language. I read lots of doctors' letters, they do not make pleasant reading. I'm sure that part of the problem stems from the use of a dictating machine and too high a volume of output to allow much time to correct non-technical errors.
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lots of doctors' letters, they do not make pleasant readingTrue. Lots of doctors' letters don't even add up to recognisable words 
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Mav says: True. Lots of doctors' letters don't even add up to recognisable words.You think you jest? A doctor I went to many moons ago wrote so badly that the pharmacist had to ring him to get it translated into pharmacist speak. And I still couldn't understand it.
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