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Old 23rd August 2006 | 22:51
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rhovsquared
 
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Forgot to say, IMHO
a physician is Teacher, and Student No-one really knows Medicine

You MUST TEACH YOUR PATIENTS, insipires compliance and reduces Iatrogenic [doctor caused] Hypertension i.e. white coat high blood pressure.
Teach in simple terms the reason what can you do-informed consent? what's wrong Mrs. Hill [75 years old] ? you're legs are still swollen, because of a build up of fluid so we should discuss a diuretic [Water-pill] to help remove the fluid so that your kidneys can help to remove the excess fluid,and help keep that young physique but, because of the risk we discussed earlier it remains YOUR Decision...


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