Comments on: Golf balls and ping-pong balls http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/golf-balls-and-ping-pong-balls.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gasman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/03/golf-balls-and-ping-pong-balls.html/comment-page-1#comment-72445 Gasman Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/03/golf-balls-and-ping-pong-balls.html#comment-72445 Such comparisons have never made much sense. Dimension such as inches and centimeters should be quite familiar to all lay persons. If the size of something needs to be described, use common units of measure. Trying to use objects invokes inaccuracy in tranlating the size to the object, then compounds the potential error of interpretation when the patient uses their best reconing of the object to their size. <br/><br/>Inches as a unit of measure isn't rocket science; if the patient cannot understand this then not much else is likely to improve their understanding. We're not talking obscure units of measure (angstroms, ergs, pecks etc.) Such comparisons have never made much sense. Dimension such as inches and centimeters should be quite familiar to all lay persons. If the size of something needs to be described, use common units of measure. Trying to use objects invokes inaccuracy in tranlating the size to the object, then compounds the potential error of interpretation when the patient uses their best reconing of the object to their size.

Inches as a unit of measure isn’t rocket science; if the patient cannot understand this then not much else is likely to improve their understanding. We’re not talking obscure units of measure (angstroms, ergs, pecks etc.)

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