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It is difficult for me to argue with the editor of my favourite book "Clinical Biochemistry, metabolic nd clinical aspects", but all what I have mentioned do benefit patients and educate their healers. Mohammad --- William Marshall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > May be I have got the wrong end of the stick, but > isn't the essence of any > clinical activity that it should benefit patients > (or in some cases, their > relatives, carers or the population as a whole)? We > should not shirk our > responsibility to continually enquire into the > clinical value of what we > do; also, there is so much pressure on our time and > our resources, we > should (and may even benefit from) not do things > that are not useful. > > I hope that someone rises to Julian's challenge. A > decisive outcome, > positive or negative, would be of great potential > benefit. > > WM > > sAt 02:35 PM 12/7/2001 +0000, Mohammad Al-Jubouri > wrote: > >It is unfair to expect interpretative comments on a > >diagnostic aid to influence outcome measures. But > we > >all provide comments that sometimes provide a > timely > >diagnosis, explain a pathophysiological abnomality, > >provide advice on treatment and further tests and > >give estimate of prognosis. This is the essence of > our > >specialty without which clinical cases will be > boring > >and bland. All our clinical colleagues value our > >contribution and keep asking our advice, this is a > >sufficient anecdotal evidence for me to continue > >practicing chemical pathology. > > > >regards > > > >Mohammad > > > > --- Julian Barth <[log in to unmask]> > >wrote: > Dear All > >> > >> I do not think that any subject has hit as many > raw > >> nerves as this > >> issue of interpretative comments. I am currently > >> planning the > >> scientific programme for FOCUS 2003. Can I > challenge > >> any of you > >> to perform a prospective study of the utility of > the > >> addition of > >> interpretative comments with outcome measures? > >> > >> Yours hopefully > >> Julian > >> > >> > ___________________________________________________ > >> > >> Julian H Barth > >> Department of Clinical Biochemistry & Immunology > >> Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust > >> Leeds General Infirmary > >> Leeds LS1 3EX > >> tel 0113-392-3416 > >> fax 0113-392-5174 > >> > ___________________________________________________ > > > >===== > >Dr. M A Al-Jubouri > >Consultant Chemical Pathologist > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. > >Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ > discover and win it! > >The competition ends 16 th of December 2001. > > > ===== Dr. M A Al-Jubouri Consultant Chemical Pathologist ________________________________________________________________ Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ discover and win it! The competition ends 16 th of December 2001.