Bad medicine: clinical breast examination, October 2012, BMJ 2012; 345: e6789.
Spence, D.
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To question clinical examination is to open a rich vein of debate. Clinical examinations are unquestioned, given disproportionate weight, and considered “must do.” Not doing a full examination implies you are a bad doctor. But much of examination is mere ritualistic dogma passed down through the ages.
