On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:11:04 -0000, Jeff Green <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>Decided to take out some extra Life Insurance and the company wants me to have a full medical with my GP.
>
>Now I don't mind the medical - but I really don't want to know the results - and will in all likelihood refuse to take any
>treatment if offered.
>
>So is it a problem for a GP to keep the results of a medical from the patient and to take no medical action whatever the
>result?
Have you thought this one through Jeff? Many of us would be reluctant
to take tablets for conditions like mild hypertension, where the
benefit of a lifetime of drug treatment is marginal. But what if the
doctor noticed an early malignant melanoma, curable with a minor op
now but 100% fatal if left alone?
David
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Dr David G Evans
Cardiff
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