What seems to have been overlooked is something doctors call clinical judgment.

"These tests are to confirm clinical judgment, not to make a diagnosis," he said.

Doctors now base their decision on when to start treatment on clinical judgment and discussions with patients, he said.

"I had to go on my clinical judgment a lot more than I do here."

They said the system "should not be used to override careful clinical judgment in individual cases."

Doctors must not allow public panic to alter correct clinical judgment.

"You're driven by your clinical judgment on whether a patient can recover."

And I know that clinical judgment says you don't take her off the unit after a suicide attempt like hers.

Clinical practice demands clinical judgment, not looking up the results of studies.

However, specific patient treatment should be determined based on the healthcare provider's clinical judgment.