On Wednesday 26 April 2006 21:29, Richard Hosking wrote: > I agree on the fixity of belief - doctors as a whole are used to coming > to a conclusion and selling that to the patient. It is not acceptable to > conclude "I dont know" and do nothing.
At least with my patients, it seems very acceptable for me to say "I don't know", but then they expect to be referred to somebody who knows, or to come back after a few days when I might know after researching the matter When I did my very first locum in Oz I got blank stares when I asked where the practice kept their textbooks, after noticing in shock and horror that they had no computers = no online resources. I felt lost. Never could understand how any doctor could delude himself to "know it all" and not depend on constantly accessing up-to-date knowledge resources Horst _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
