In this reported case, a doctor failed to diagnose colon cancer. The man was diagnosed later by another physician, and given one year to live.<\/p>\n
If you are going to practice medicine, then it is a good idea to get it right or make every attempt to do so by taking some action. In this case, the initial doctor took no action and because of that failure to diagnose, a 42-year old former police officer died for no good reason.<\/p>\n
The story went like this. The former cop, who was 35-years-old when he first went to a doctor in 2004, went because he had a variety of gastric complaints and rectal bleeding. The rectal bleeding alone should have prompted the first doctor to order a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy to check for rectal cancer. The doctor did no such thing. Instead, he ordered a series of upper G.I. films for his stomach issues. An (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this reported case, a doctor failed to diagnose colon cancer. The man was diagnosed later by another physician, and given one year to live. If you are going to practice medicine, then it is a good idea to get…<\/span><\/p>\n