Medical Murphology

( Murphy's Law in Medicine)


All the Reasons why everything goes wrong

Murphy's Law                : If anything can go wrong, it will.

Cochrane's Aphorism      :  Before ordering a test decide what you will do if it is
                                        (a) Positive
                                        (b) Negative
                                        If both the answers are the same, don't do the test.

Maitz's Warning              :  Beware of the physician who is great in getting out
                                        of trouble.

Lord Cohen's Comment    : The feasiblity of an operation is not an indication
                                         for its performance

Telesco's Laws of Nursing :

    1. All the IV's are at the other end of the hall.
    2. A physician's ability is inversely proportional to his availablity.
    3. There are two kinds of adhesive tape: That which won't stay on and  that which won't come off.
    4. Everybody wants a pain shot at the same time.
    5. Everybody who doesn't want a pain shot when you are passing out   pain shots wants one when you are passing out sleeping pills.
 
Barach's rule         : An alcoholic is a person who drinks more than his own
                              physician.
 

Bernstein's Precept : The Radiologist's national flower is the hedge.

Hanggi's Law         :  The more trivial your research, the more people will
                                read  it and agree.
                                Corollary: The more vital your research, the less people
                                will understand it.

Reference: Bloch A.:Murphy's law. Methuen, London; 1988; pp 160-162.

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