[lit-ideas] Re: health care
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:55:31 +0000
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
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