On Fri, 5 Jun 1998 21:38:01 +0000, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> I do not believe that doctors, let alone GPs, have the absolute right to
>> prescribe anything they want. We are just too ill informed. Thoughts please.
>>
>Agreed. This is the 'clinical freedom' bit everyone is getting so
>upset about.
There is a big difference between freedom to "prescribe anything they
want" and freedom to prescribe what is best for individual patients.
The former is only in the mind of an idiot, the latter is at the heart
of medical practice.
The former is indefensible, the latter is under threat.
Ahmad
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