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Albert Provocateur

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Compliments on Complements!


As CT, MRI, PET, ELISA, and Western Blot ring in the new, observation, palpation, percussion, and auscultation trace the steps of Father Time. Technology is good, but not at the expense of basic clinical skills. Rather, they must complement (not exclude) one another. Dr. Al Posted by Picasa

1 Comments:

  • Well said, Dr. Al. it's amazing how much we can learn about a patient and their illness simply by observing and listening for a few minutes before we start examining or ordering tests. I think we have a kind of learned gestalt that tells us at a gut level how sick a person is.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Thursday, December 21, 2006 3:47:00 PM  

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