In article <043e01be2de5$a9ff63c0$f312883e@osborne>, Adrian Midgley
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>Once upon a time when we did our out of hours work from our own homes, we
>had a collection of references to hand. Often a rather sparse collection
>and commonly out of date, but nevertheless, a bookshelf.
How many times do you actually look up something in front of a patient?
Does looking up things lots impress upon the patient that they are
interesting and worth the time and effort?
Or does it make the doctor look thick?
>With the coming of the Co-ops, surely one of the benefits that should be
>sought is a better reference set.
Not really - out of hours is a skeleton service and gets the emergency
part of my brain which functions at a basic safety level..
e.g. does the patient need to be admitted?
can I relieve his pain or distress?
can this safely be left to the usual GP in the morning?
--
Katie
(devil's advocate hat on)
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