[ RadSafe ] RE: Deadly embrace: NRC policy can expose children to radioactivity

[Clayton J Bradt]

With regard to instructions to patients:

People who feel lousy and are frightened to death are poor candidates for
following instructions.  Since these are common characteristics of thyroid
ablation patients, noncompliance with doctor's instructions, even if the
instructions are delivered in an easily understandable form (an unwarranted
assumption), is to be expected.  Therefore, any protocol that relies upon
patient compliance to prevent exposures to members of the public is doomed
to failure.

It should be assumed that any patient undergoing a nuclear medicine
procedure (diagnostic or therapeutic) hears nothing that the doctor tells
them - or at least has retained none of it by the time they leave the
hospital.  Treatment protocols that incorporate the contrary assumption are
simply not dealing in reality.


Clayton J. Bradt
dutchbradt at hughes.net


IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure.  It is intended only for the addressee.  If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments.  Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.