On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 01:50:14PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Or to emulate your choice of wording: > When patients become customers, medicine is doomed. > > Vioxx. > Toenail fungus. > Major medical centers that offer unproven therapies as > viable alternatives. > > Wishful thinking does not equal scientific evidence. > Expunging the _art_ of medicine from "healthcare > delivery" benefits corporations, but not the ill.
You lost me at "Toenail fungus". Are we being given a test, which one of these does not belong? :-) My best guess is that you referring to the FDA's warning in 2001 about Lamisil possibly causing liver damage? If so, how is that the "customers" or "patients" fault? If the FDA has good evidence for danger, why is it still allowing Lamisil to be sold (and heavily advertised)? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
