On Sat, 6 Jun 1998 01:35:22 +0100, Jeff Green wrote:
>But what is best for the individual patient can impact on what is best for
>the group of patients. Is it correct to treat one at the expense of
>treatment to others?
This is one of the many questions that a clinicians has to face
everyday of his or her working life.
Hence the importance of freedom to make judgements. These judgements
are not always correct because we are human but nothing else has been
demonstrated to work better. And that applies to several centuries of
medical practice :-)
Ahmad
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