Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Practice Diagnosis in General Practice

Vertigo

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3493 (Published 22 September 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3493

Rapid Response:

Bare below the elbows?

We enjoyed reading the article entitled: Diagnosis in General Practice: Vertigo, by Kevin Barraclough, general practitioner1, Adolfo Bronstein, professor of neuro-otology.

In our acute trust, we spend so much time adhering to the "bare below the elbows" policy that we were suprised to see a photograph of a patient being examined by a doctor wearing a watch, long-sleeved shirt and tie!

Competing interests: None declared

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30 September 2009
Richard P Smith
Consultant Obstetrician
Victoria Barker
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital