In article <[log in to unmask]>, Katie Law <katie@m-
ach.demon.co.uk> writes
>There are advantages of not seeing the same doctor each time -both for
>patient and doctor -
> different brain throws up different possible diagnoses,
> patients get stuck in ruts
> doctors get stuck in ruts
> different skills of doctors
Valuable benefits, I would think.
>So how should we interpret continuity of care these days?
Perhaps by reducing differences in practice. I don't mean the useful
ones but all those based on individual bias and prejudice. What made the
old fashioned GP great was often individuality when treatment was merely
support while nature did its damndest. Perhaps we should be looking at
the things we _can_ do nowadays and creating some sort of best standard
for interferential behaviour. We can retain the human elements and apply
them to the individual but base them on a generally accepted decision
policy. And I don't mean a million diffrent protocols - just one, based
on available evidence - probably only some 5% of the shooting match,
however.
Regards
George
--
If we could just get everyone to close their eyes
and visualize world peace for an hour,
imagine how serene and quiet it would be
until the looting started.
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