Doug Jenkinson, Keyworth, Nottingham.wrote
<Such a maxim must be one of the commandments of doctor centred
medicine and therefore inappropriate for modern general practice
in most (?some) of the UK.>
>I remember being told only to do tests if the results - whether normal
>or abnormal - would change management of the patient .. does anyone
>follow this?
I think it still is an important principle in modern general practice - of
course there will always be exceptions to the general rule and as a GP you will
be sensitive to the need to vary a general principle to a particluar situation.
However this does not negate the general principle
Dr Amrit Takhar
wansford
Peterborough
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