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
> >
>
>________________________________________________________________
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> >
>

=====
Dr. M A Al-Jubouri
Consultant Chemical Pathologist

________________________________________________________________
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