On 01/25/98 11:34:07, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > Few doctors have a problem with informed pts. Unfortunately the problem is
> > that there are some pts who will selectively sift the info they find to
> > support a diagnosis/treatment they wanted in the first place and ignore the
> > info against.
> >
> Hmm...sounds a bit like me diagnosing the patient as they walk in the
> door after first reading the notes;-)
Article in the DT of Thursday 22 Jan, 'Connected' section talks about
this subject. Quite good. Yours truly is quoted, which makes it
doubly good ;-)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Go to 'Connected', register and read the article by Martin Standage.
Ahmad
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