Thursday, November 25, 2004, 8:17:32 PM, Phil Enns wrote: PE> Judy Evans: PE> "Self-diagnosis is not always correct." PE> Nor is the diagnosis of a physician. (as previous posts acknowledge) and so, we have the right to a "second opinion" (on the NHS) My father has an embarrassing habit of PE> asking his doctors what kind of marks they got in medical school. (He is a PE> retired high school teacher.) However the doctor responds, my father then PE> tells them that he hopes they were paying attention when his illness was PE> being covered. As dangerous a question as my (only once used) "Where did you train, *doctor*?". (A renowned London teaching hospital.) -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html