tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post8672199255172796864..comments2024-02-29T01:43:23.900-05:00Comments on Women's Bioethics Blog: "It's Just a Movie!"Linda MacDonald Glennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378544626277000243noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12625691.post-89859087438371347652008-10-23T15:04:00.000-04:002008-10-23T15:04:00.000-04:00Nice to see someone else with similar complaints, ...Nice to see someone else with similar complaints, Lorn! :-) The problem with Dr. Ryan's suggestion, though, is that there is a confirmed and noted "CSI effect". People may not "turn" to Law and Order or CSI for legal advice, but they certainly take what they see on those shows and integrate them into their life and "knowledge". And knowledge is an insidious thing. If you see someone process DNA results inside 24 hours often enough, you "know" (without being able to pinpoint where this learning happened) that DNA results take 24 hours.<BR/><BR/>Now sit that person on a jury and see how they react to the idea that DNA results can take weeks, if not months. They're not going to think that this is normal given backlog and etc, they're going to think the lab is incompetent. Because they "know" better.<BR/><BR/>We have no reason to suggest this isn't happening in medicine, either. (And at least completely casually and anecdotally, it is.) What we need is for someone to pull together the funding for a study. (And if there are any takers, hey, I'm nosy and know this subject backwards and forwards... ;-) ).Kelly Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027400439081662699noreply@blogger.com