Comments on: The art of diagnosis http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/art-of-diagnosis.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: NoAcuteDistresshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/art-of-diagnosis.html#comment-73753 NoAcuteDistress Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/the-art-of-diagnosis.html#comment-73753 "assults on this process come from sociopaths and psychopaths out to manipulate the clinician for benefit of their agenda"<br/><br/>I resemble that remark!<br/>-John Edwards “assults on this process come from sociopaths and psychopaths out to manipulate the clinician for benefit of their agenda”

I resemble that remark!
-John Edwards

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/art-of-diagnosis.html#comment-73750 Anonymous Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/the-art-of-diagnosis.html#comment-73750 Anon 12:16A: "reasonable degree of medical certainty."<br/><br/>-along this vein, there is no implication of absolute certainty, nor 100% precision and accuracy<br/>-REASONABLE clinicians interpret data at hand; assults on this process come from sociopaths and psychopaths out to manipulate the clinician for benefit of their agenda: be it prescription of regulated substances or disability qualification Anon 12:16A: “reasonable degree of medical certainty.”

-along this vein, there is no implication of absolute certainty, nor 100% precision and accuracy
-REASONABLE clinicians interpret data at hand; assults on this process come from sociopaths and psychopaths out to manipulate the clinician for benefit of their agenda: be it prescription of regulated substances or disability qualification

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/art-of-diagnosis.html#comment-73745 Anonymous Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/the-art-of-diagnosis.html#comment-73745 And yet, clinicians are willing to prostitute themselves out on PI cases and peddle their post hoc ergo propter hoc nonsense regarding not only the diagnosis but also the etiology with a "reasonable degree of medical certainty."<br/><br/>~Criminallopath~ And yet, clinicians are willing to prostitute themselves out on PI cases and peddle their post hoc ergo propter hoc nonsense regarding not only the diagnosis but also the etiology with a “reasonable degree of medical certainty.”

~Criminallopath~

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