David Jobson wrote
>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.
It feels like it does :-)
>Do your patients also have "a right to this drug?" (or
>referral, counselling, your time etc.?)
Yes they do if they are given the pros and cons and understand them.
(Not my time, of which there is no mention in my contract)
>I also doubt that they will take any responsibility off you
>....... I think it will come bouncing back with interest. :-)
After 22 years as a GP I may be kidding myself of course. My
partners might say the patients that don't like it go to them.
(Are some more directive?) But with a list size of nearly 3000
each the evidence is against it.
Doug Jenkinson, Keyworth, Nottingham
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