Regrets, I have a few
2009; BMJ; Volume: 338; Issue: jan14 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.b107
ISSN0959-8138
Autores Tópico(s)Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
ResumoLooking back, you’ll wonder why on earth we did it. Friendship wrist bands? Strictly Come Dancing ? Buying your children a flat? That second home? Ugg boots, and of course long hair on men? Similarly, looking back through the annals of medicine you flinch: tonsillectomy, danazol, all foot surgery, diazepam, and of course bisphosphonates. The difference between the two groups (with the exception of Strictly Come Dancing ) is that in medicine such mistakes can do enormous harm that is often only revealed in time. …
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