Fillers
Walk the line
BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1434 (Published 15 June 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:1434
- Michelle J Thompson, specialist registrar in cardiothoracic surgery (jeanie.thompson@tiscali.co.uk)
- New Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
A recent outpatient giving a contorted and unclear history provided a challenge in determining the benefit he might have from surgery. My boss smartly and simply suggested we follow that age old practice to “take a walk.”
I was reminded this Mother's Day how the simplest things can often tell us …
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