----- Original Message ----- From: "Marta Russell" <ap888 at lafn.org> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:35 PM Subject: Re: doctor disease
> Thanks, Ian
> The story you posted "Misprescribed medicines" is the one reported
> about today on KPFK but there is another study too recently released
> by Rand (below). I don't think Rand has hit a major problem, however,
> which is that doctors are poorly trained in diagnosis. In my many
> years of being involved with disability, I know of too many instances
> where the doctor could not locate the source of a problem, even
> something as obvious as a blood clot in a leg, and the consequences
> were impairments for the person who was unfortunate enough to not find
> a good doctor. These were not managed care cases so I can't blame
> them on the tendency to undertreat or not enough time with a patient
> to detect the problem.
> marta
============
Marta,
Happy to help.
Rand has put the full report on their web site if people wanna take a look at it.
Ian