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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (17167)	8/10/2009 7:30:42 PM
From: ayn rand	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 103300

1% is nothing to ignore, however, the defensive medicine that is practiced for fear of being in tomorrows paper: "dr. Smith sued for medical incompetence!" creates a massive number of unnecessary CT scans and diagnostic studies. many years ago, most patients w typical migraine headaches or sinus headaches were simply evaluated and sent home w follow up. today, hardly any headache of any kind leaves the ER without obtaining an expensive CT scan. this scenario may be repeated w the same patient sometimes 5, 10 times or more over the years. it would just be the luck of some poor er doc to get the less than 1 in a thousand who actually has an acute subarachnoid bleed from an unknown cerebral aneurysm. the same is true for any child and most adults w a given history of the slightest bump on the head! automatic CT scan! "hit on head by falling acorn" automatic CT scan! (just kidding here, but almost that bad ) it goes on and on. defensive medicine is a very big part of the health care crisis today.

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