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Medical doctors and self-treatment

by Dr. Lakshman Abeyagunawardene At the outset, I wish to define who a “Medical Doctor” is for purposes of this article. This definition applies only to this article and nowhere else. By way of explanation, I would consider a “General Physician” (or any physician for that matter) as quite capable of treating any illness that could afflict anyone. But on the other hand, some doctors in the finer specialties like Pathologists, Radiologists and Community Medicine, would not do so with such confidence unless they have made a special effort to stay in touch with clinical medicine. In general, it is as a General Practitioner that the average medical doctor is called upon to act when it comes to self-treatment or treatment of a relative or friend or in an emergency. Ayurvedic physicians and all other native doctors who are not registered in the Sri Lanka Medical Council have not been considered at all. Neither are Homeopathic doctors although they claim to have their own council.

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