Ask Your Doctor…
Dr Vernon Coleman MB ChB DSc FRSA
`If your doctor wants you to have tests done ask him how the results will affect your treatment. If the results of the tests won’t affect the treatment you receive (and aren’t needed as a baseline against which to compare future tests) then the tests aren’t worth having.
Tests and investigations are often regarded (by both doctors and patients) as being harmless. They aren’t. There is no such thing as minor surgery (Coleman’s 11th Law Of Medicine) and even taking blood is an operation. There are dangers inherent in every test that is performed. And there is, in addition, the danger that the result will be wrong and that your doctors will treat the test rather than treating you.’
Taken from Coleman’s 2nd Law – one of the medical Laws explained in Vernon Coleman’s book Coleman’s Laws. The Laws are designed to help you get the best out of doctors and hospitals.
Copyright Vernon Coleman May 2019
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