Re: 4D IMAGING

From: DoctorJoe@aol.com
Wed Nov 20 11:21:18 2002


In a message dated 11/20/02 12:03:01, duboseterryj@uams.edu writes:

> But what about health care?  True, we have found no documented harm from the
> sonic energy at sonographic levels and with "normal" medical usage, but
> what about missed and wrong diagnoses?   Don't we care about that any more?
>

And how do we get away from missed or incorrect diagnoses? Answer: Don't scan.

Actually, if you're doing "social" scanning, then wouldn't you inform the patient up front that you're NOT looking real hard for subtle anomalies, and you shouldn't be held liable for missing something that a "regular" targetted scan would be expected to uncover?

I don't see a problem with missed diagnoses in the context of cursory social scanning... What's your duty to the patient in that case? To give them a good picture to bond with. If it's clear up front that you're not looking, then you have no duty to look.

Joe P.




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