Half of what I teach students turns out to be wrong; neither of us know which half. When I qualified no HIV/ AIDS, Heart Failure universally fatal now imminently treatable, Genetic tests almost non existent, Transplantation in its infancy.
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Only surprises here for me are the speed (quite radical shifts, rather than the incremental improvements CPD implies) and the fact that some clinicians can still be so confident in asserting their clinical views, despite knowing this. Aysha King springs to mind for starters.
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May I respectfully suggest you research that case a little more deeply than the junk that appeared in S*n and Ma*l Try his name plus "untold story" and see what turns up
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Of course... & I shall. But I already know the treatment the parents were trying to access is now offered by NHS, despite the grotesquely disproportionate measures taken to try and prevent them doing so abroad. Hard to see this in a positive light tbh.https://twitter.com/c7rky/status/949668584330027009 …
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Well here is the positive light and SOME of the factshttp://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/ashya-king-this-story-isnt-quite-what-it-seems-9716486.html …
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I think you and I read that piece with v different eyes, doc. I see as much spin as positive in there. My eye was drawn to this part: "Ashya's doctors insist they took a clinical (not financial) decision that it would NOT BE BETTER for him than conventional radiotherapy" >>
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Which option is/isn't 'better' is an opinion. (And I know you appreciate the subtlety of that wording every bit as much as I do). But if both options are of overall benefit to the patient, then as an adult, I get to choose which one I go for - NOT the clinician. >>
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But when it's a child, clinicians can seemingly overrule parental views with ease now. I'm sure you must be able to appreciate how terrifying that prospect can be for a parent? Especially one in my position, who has come to know the fallibility of the medical world only too well.
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@bmj_latest@docpgb Very hard to know when we are actually being given the truth e.g. the discredited PACE trial -
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