| Assessments were made using the BDI, and clinician rated obsessions and compulsions for each individual patient. |
| For example, the clinician may want to know if the disease is active, or which organs might be involved. |
| The clinician must look for tuberculosis, and confirm or exclude this treatable malady in any patient who presents with gastrointestinal disease. |
| In contrast, a bilateral, solid, irregular, and fixed mass palpated or seen on sonogram should alert the clinician to a possible carcinoma. |
| There are thousands of otolaryngology sites, beyond the review potential of each clinician in practice. |
| If family support disappears and a patient loses housing or a job or both, what can the clinician do? |
