informed consent notes for annual biannual medical care

[malernee]

annual medical care is an "empty ritual" based more on astrology than medical science. Doctors offering a traditional "annual or biannual physical" testing and preventative measures should give clients the information pro and con so they can make an informed decision.
http://evidencebasedvet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17
If your pet gets 10 annual blood tests, just by chance one is
likely to be outside the normal limits, requiring further testing and
Usually resulting in nothing but unnecessary worry. Visiting a veterinarian "just
For a checkup" can be hazardous to your pets health and your wallet.
Most human physicians want those "empty rituals" to stop. No one does annual chest
x-rays or urinalysis any more. All kinds of useless screening tests have
been dropped. There are several formal bodies that periodically reassess
the evidence for various screening tests and preventive measures, and there
is a strong argument for dropping the routine physical altogether and
targeting only the screening tests indicated for the individual (considering
age, risk factors, etc.). When the patient comes in for another reason, the
doctor can use that opportunity to bring the recommended screening tests up
to date. Sad to say those who control the USA vet profession, the AVMA ,are doing just the opposite of the human doctors. The AVMA is teaming up with drug companies to sell biannual physicals and promote preventive measures given every six months that have now been completely removed from the drug market by the FDA because of fatal reactions that cost thousands of dollars to treat. Thats why Visiting a veterinarian "just
For a checkup" can be hazardous to your pets health and your wallet.
http://evidencebasedvet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=146
see
http://evidencebasedvet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=193
for annual and biannual pet vaccine booster information