In article <[log in to unmask]>, Ahmad Risk
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>Very true. However, the St George's affair involved colposcopy +/-
>biopsy and laser ablation done by a Consultant!
Until all the recalls are checked we won't really know who is wrong or
right.
What amazes me is the horror which the intrinsic uncertainty of medical
care is producing in the press and subsequently the public.
I suppose it is probably the fault of the profesion in the past when
paternalism and bio-technical wizardry tended to obsure inherent error
and generated optimistic 'promises' which we all wanted to believe.
A typical example is the recent case of 'Persona' which only promised a
?94% accuracy, but when people found themselves in the ?6% which were
innacurate they felt justified in suing the company producing it.
Perhaps this media frenzy may at last highlight the fact that, even with
the best will in the world, there is no guarantee and that all too often
we must accept a small error in order to avoid a larger one.
Perhaps it's time we admitted a lack of perfection and that the public
is mature enough to accept that. Its when we promise otherwise and are
found out that there is an outcry, and rightly so I feel.
Regards
George
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