usually. A lot of the stuff in medical journals is about how the protocols could/should be refined.
But haven't you ever been told something like "we don't treat x until test results look like y"? The "we" in that sentence is usually some sort of medical society that has arrived at a sort of "best practices" consensus. As in "we don't treat the common cold with antibiotics" for example. On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:53 AM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> oh bs. They follow protocols arrived at by medical societies, usually. >> The art of medecine comes in diagnosis. > > > Really? That's a pretty broad stroke right there. > > My brother's group practice, which focuses on treating diseases of the > kidney, has made several advances in treatment that have helped patients on > dialysis. These were doctors who noticed deficiencies in the "protocols", > and used innovative ideas to help address them. > > But then you used the word "usually", so maybe I'm just pointing out that > rare exception....but something tells me that's not necessarily the case. > > -- > Waiting for World War III while Jesus slaves > To the mating calls of lawyers in love > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
