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Colposcopy Dilemma in Washington
Daron G. Ferris, MD
The Medical College of Georgia Augusta
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(5):401-402.
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The recent article1 concerning procedural skills used by family physicians in Washington was a refreshing portrayal of contemporary community-based health care. More importantly, the specific procedural desires and perceived needs of those practicing clinicians were documented.
I was disappointed that academic family physicians chose to discount colposcopy performed by family physicians.2 The beauty of family practice relates to the variety of practice scope and style, the pursuit of areas of special interest and enjoyment, and the selective practice accommodations based on the patient population encountered. Many would be hesitant to discourage any procedural skill or type of medical treatment by fully trained and experienced physicians regardless of specialty, provided that quality health care was given to patients who were in need of those services.
A critical observation of the currently practiced procedures listed in Table 11 identifies a dilemma that should have altered the restrictive comments about
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