BMJ  2006;332:610 (11 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-c

Letter

Diagnosis at all costs won't make Bentham turn in his grave

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EDITOR—Barraclough in Soundings concludes that our emphasis on diagnosis at all costs would have Jeremy Bentham turning in his grave1; but fortunately the Great Utilitarian took precautions against such an eventuality. He does not have a grave but sits stuffed in a rather nice wooden box in the University Senate Room in London, whence he is occasionally fetched to attend committee meetings. He has no room to turn.


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Richard Lehman, general practitioner

Hightown Surgery, Banbury OX16 9DB edgar.lehman@btinternet.com

Competing interests: RL wishes to be cremated (after death).

  1. Barraclough K. Medical intuition. BMJ 2006;332: 497. (25 February.)[Free Full Text]

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