Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan

No, obviously you can't withhold those kind of findings, although, you know, I don't want to frighten your listeners in any way, but, you know, doctors, to a certain degree, withhold things all the time, you know, because it's quite unusual, not things of the magnitude of cancer, I should add, but, you know, it's quite unusual.

No, obviously you can't withhold those kind of findings, although, you know, I don't want to frighten your listeners in any way, but, you know, doctors, to a certain degree, withhold things all the time, you know, because it's quite unusual, not things of the magnitude of cancer, I should add, but, you know, it's quite unusual.

No, obviously you can't withhold those kind of findings, although, you know, I don't want to frighten your listeners in any way, but, you know, doctors, to a certain degree, withhold things all the time, you know, because it's quite unusual, not things of the magnitude of cancer, I should add, but, you know, it's quite unusual.

If you see a patient and you do a bunch of blood tests and a couple of scans and a chest X-ray and a few things, you know, the likelihood that every one of those tests is going to come back saying, giving a 100% clean bill of health is actually quite unusual because every single blood test is open to a range of different results and scans constantly show little white spots and cysts and things.

If you see a patient and you do a bunch of blood tests and a couple of scans and a chest X-ray and a few things, you know, the likelihood that every one of those tests is going to come back saying, giving a 100% clean bill of health is actually quite unusual because every single blood test is open to a range of different results and scans constantly show little white spots and cysts and things.

If you see a patient and you do a bunch of blood tests and a couple of scans and a chest X-ray and a few things, you know, the likelihood that every one of those tests is going to come back saying, giving a 100% clean bill of health is actually quite unusual because every single blood test is open to a range of different results and scans constantly show little white spots and cysts and things.

You know, they are just incredibly common. And it's a doctor's job all the time to decide what is important and what is unimportant. You know, we could frighten the living daylights out of our patients if we kind of made a big deal of everything abnormal we found on tests. Medicine is an art, diagnosis is an art. So a doctor is constantly sort of weighing up

You know, they are just incredibly common. And it's a doctor's job all the time to decide what is important and what is unimportant. You know, we could frighten the living daylights out of our patients if we kind of made a big deal of everything abnormal we found on tests. Medicine is an art, diagnosis is an art. So a doctor is constantly sort of weighing up

You know, they are just incredibly common. And it's a doctor's job all the time to decide what is important and what is unimportant. You know, we could frighten the living daylights out of our patients if we kind of made a big deal of everything abnormal we found on tests. Medicine is an art, diagnosis is an art. So a doctor is constantly sort of weighing up

little irregularities that they find on tests against their patient's story and deciding whether those irregularities are worth a mention or not. But of course, screen cancer, well, that's a whole other story. But it is part of the art of medicine to decide what is important and what isn't.

little irregularities that they find on tests against their patient's story and deciding whether those irregularities are worth a mention or not. But of course, screen cancer, well, that's a whole other story. But it is part of the art of medicine to decide what is important and what isn't.

little irregularities that they find on tests against their patient's story and deciding whether those irregularities are worth a mention or not. But of course, screen cancer, well, that's a whole other story. But it is part of the art of medicine to decide what is important and what isn't.

And there is an argument for some tests, not cancer per se, but some tests that, you know, not everything needs to be passed on to the patient if it's judged to be likely to cause them more anxiety instead of putting their minds at ease.

And there is an argument for some tests, not cancer per se, but some tests that, you know, not everything needs to be passed on to the patient if it's judged to be likely to cause them more anxiety instead of putting their minds at ease.

And there is an argument for some tests, not cancer per se, but some tests that, you know, not everything needs to be passed on to the patient if it's judged to be likely to cause them more anxiety instead of putting their minds at ease.

Yeah, I mean, you know, there's surprisingly few real emergency situation unless you're working in a big trauma center where you're constantly seeing road traffic accidents, etc. You know, a lot of a lot of medicine isn't an emergency situation and a lot of time a better diagnosis is made and the patient is better treated if you take a little bit of time to think.

Yeah, I mean, you know, there's surprisingly few real emergency situation unless you're working in a big trauma center where you're constantly seeing road traffic accidents, etc. You know, a lot of a lot of medicine isn't an emergency situation and a lot of time a better diagnosis is made and the patient is better treated if you take a little bit of time to think.

Yeah, I mean, you know, there's surprisingly few real emergency situation unless you're working in a big trauma center where you're constantly seeing road traffic accidents, etc. You know, a lot of a lot of medicine isn't an emergency situation and a lot of time a better diagnosis is made and the patient is better treated if you take a little bit of time to think.

And most problems are not rapidly progressive. And usually, you know, a patient working in concert with the doctor, where the doctor has a few meetings so that you can kind of really get a sense of the story and that you can kind of understand the person you're speaking to. That's how you make an accurate diagnosis.

And most problems are not rapidly progressive. And usually, you know, a patient working in concert with the doctor, where the doctor has a few meetings so that you can kind of really get a sense of the story and that you can kind of understand the person you're speaking to. That's how you make an accurate diagnosis.