Re: Subjects that may not be useful

[Guest guest]

On 3/28/10, Terry Herbert wrote, in pertinent part:

(snip)

> Subjects that often to cause heated responses are religion, politics

> (including comparisons between socialised medicine and non-socialised

> medicine), PSA screening, the cause of cancer.

(snip)

Agreed.

Except: There is a current debate, at least in the USofA, about

the utility of screening tests.

I have a viewpoint -- which I will not expound at this point.

I do believe, however, that it is useful for our brothers to be

made aware of of the debate in an even-handed manner so that they

may be aided to selection of their tx choices.

Thus: A sez to do this; B sez do that, and perhaps C recommends

something else. Each of us must make our choices; and as we know

our medics often simply do not have time or perhaps education nor

even desire to help. Often, our medics grant us only about

fifteen minutes of their â€precious“ time for an office visit.

So: what to do, what to do?

I suggest that those of us who have something to contribute to

the education of the newbys make very effort to provide impartial

information that will assist in the education of our brothers

without attempting to lead them in any particular direction.

Regards,

Steve J

" Treatment or non-treatment decisions can be made once a cancer

is found but not

knowing about it in the first place surely burns bridges. "

--From " What Would You Do, Doctor? "

ph A, , Jr., Associate Editor

Journal of Urology Volume 182, Issue 2, Pages 421-422 (August 2009)