Doug Jenkinson replied to Ahmad Risk:
10>Whatever the future may bring (and I am sure a man as wise as
10>Ahmad Risk knows that it will not be what we expect) our terms
10>of service relate to the here and now, especially the "all necessary
10>medical care" bit. Right here and now the way we practice is determined
10>as much by cultural expectations as medical propriety and the
10>cultural environment is one increasingly of "I have a right to know".
10>I think this makes my job much easier as the patient wants to take
10>some of the responsibility off *me*.
Hmmmm; I doubt that it makes your job easier at all.
Do your patients also have "a right to this drug?" (or
referral, counselling, your time etc.?)
I also doubt that they will take any responsibility off you
....... I think it will come bouncing back with interest. :-)
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