Artigo Revisado por pares

Regrets, I have a few

2009; BMJ; Volume: 338; Issue: jan14 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.b107

ISSN

0959-8138

Autores

J. David Spence,

Tópico(s)

Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Resumo

Looking 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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