Is any one anxious about junior Ed doctors assessing competence in conscious
RTC patients? I can envisage this assessment being challenged on a regular
basis in the courts.
John Black
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Fogarty [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 October 2002 17:04
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Subject: Re: An insult to A&E
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cartwright"
> You could argue that by aiding in the prosecution and
> subsequent driving ban you are helping your patient by
> stopping them going out and doing it again and thus
> potentially injuring themselves or someone else.
> Preventative medicine if you like! I don't know about
> you, but over the course of my career I've seen far
> more people injured through drink driving than I ever
> have from stabbings.
Yes, I'm sure you're right Fred. And that's why this new legislation is
quite welcome.
AF
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