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Sutton's law |
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Sutton's law Decision-making A guideline evoked to temper the enthusiasm of externs–US medical students in their 3rd and 4th yrs of school–and other novices in clinical medicine, who want to 'work
up' a condition–eg, an acute abdomen for porphyria, metastatic medulloblastoma or other esoterica, while ignoring a particular symptom's more common causes; the 'law' is attributed to the noted bank robber, Willie
Sutton who, when asked why he robbed banks, reportedly replied, '..that's where the money is'; to apply Sutton's law then, is to search for the most likely cause of a symptom–ie, to go where the
'money' is. See Hoofbeats. Cf Red herring, 'Zebras.'. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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