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GPs often obtain best patient history; their opinions deserve respect
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GPs often obtain best patient history; their opinions deserve respect
Wednesday 7 November 2018, 01:00 AM

The importance of being open to other ideas and the benefit of seeking opinions is clear
Medicolegal
When referring a patient to specialist care in hospital, GPs rightly expect their notes and concerns will be given weight and, if dismissed, this is done on a scientific rather than subjective basis. A tragic outcome ensued when this did not occur in a case described here by Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps
Galileo Galilei is credited with writing “In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individu
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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