Second opinions are an increasingly common request in healthcare and in this episode I look at
reasons why people seek them and their pros and cons
Links:
Martha’s rule: https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/marthas-rule/
Hyponatraemia (low sodium): https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyponatremia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373711
Advice on second opinions: https://www.patients-association.org.uk/getting-a-second-opinion
Tumour Treating Fields: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/treatment-types/tumor-treating-fields.html
Lithium and MND doesn’t work?: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/archive/news/ioppn/records/2013/march/lithium-shows-no-benefit-to-mnd-patients
Lithium and MND works?: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/centre-for-neuromuscular-diseases/research/experimental-clinical-trials/mnd/motor-neurone-disease-closed-trials/licals-therapeutic
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