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Haslam D. Haslam’s view: Whose body is it, anyway? Practitioner 2015;259(1779):35
Whose body is it, anyway?
23 Feb 2015
‘How do you feel about patients recording their own blood pressure at home?’ I would ask. My recollection is that around 95% of candidates were vigorously opposed to such an idea. They thought it unsafe, unprofessional, and unacceptable. I would ask them to explain the difference between their approach to self-measurement of hypertension and asthma.
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