Roentgen’s law:
The length of a radiologist’s report is inversely proportional to the certainty of his diagnosis.
Machiavelli’s law:
A patient /relative who say in his first visit that he has full faith in you has already consulted at least three other doctors for his problem.
Cochrane’s Aphorism:
Before ordering a test decide what you will do if it is
a) Positive
or
b) Negative.
If both answers are the same don’t do the test.
Indoor anachronism: -
Patients who need to be admitted the most always refuse to get admitted. Those who can be sent home want to stay on.
Saddam’s law in Medicine -
The arrogance of a patient’s relative is inversely proportional to his ability and wilingness to pay hospital bill.
Murphy’s Law:-
If any thing can go wrong it will.
Gattuso’s extension of Murphy’s Law:
Nothing is ever so bad that it can’t get worse.
Adam’s Law:
Fractures used to heal even when there were no orthopaedic surgeons.
Placebo rules:
Placebo’s work only if they are expensive.
Placebo’s sometimes work better than real drugs.
A sympathetic physician is often the best placebo.
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