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Totally agree John. Still firmly believe that the right approach is to admit errors when they occur and apologise and look to improve things. 1/2
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2/2 but there are some difficult cases where a diagnosis is not apparent until it is too late, and there is an irreconcilable difference of opinion between family and clinicians as to whether it should have been picked up earlier.
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I may lose favour with some for saying this, but misdiagnosis & missed diagnosis is the one area where I have more sympathy, depending on the case. As a lay person who's been trying to grasp the medical world, I see that as a challenging skill. There are limits, of course.
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It is indeed challenging. Over-investigation/over-treatment is at best expensive and at worst will actually cause more physical harm than good. Yet unless we heavily over-investigate, some things will always get missed early on when symptoms are vague.
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Indeed. All part of the minefield I see when I peek over the fence into that arena. Hence my greater level of understanding with short term mistakes. Short term being an important caveat.
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