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Comments on the dilemma in the November/December issue: Advice requested via social media
Author(s) -
McCulloch Steven
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.k263
Subject(s) - knight , dilemma , medicine , advice (programming) , vomiting , general surgery , pediatrics , surgery , epistemology , astronomy , computer science , programming language , philosophy , physics
In the dilemma discussed in the November/December issue of In Practice , Andrew Knight describes a case where a woman asks for your advice about her dog Forbes, a seven‐year‐old schnoodle suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea (IP, November/December 2017, vol 39, pp 478‐479). Forbes has been diagnosed with pancreatitis and been prescribed metronidazole, but the drugs do not arrive until tomorrow. The problem is that the client is Sasha in Oklahoma, who has asked you on social media. You are based in the UK and have never met Sasha and never examined Forbes the schnoodle.