On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. > No, I haven't, actually...but then, I don't have any conditions that require "ongoing" care. Even so, it makes sense to me to follow what has already been established as a best practice, until such time as the doctor's experiences start to suggest to him/her that there may in fact be a better way to do something. That's when docs will usually turn into innovators. -- 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:298699 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
