To the Editor: Lowthian and colleagues ask who is responsible for the care of patients treated with warfarin therapy.1 In Melbourne, it seems that this devolves mainly upon the pathology laboratory, whereas in other states, general practitioners manage care for their own patients, in my own experience.
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I am an employee of a private pathology company. I have provided warfarin dosing as both a pathologist and a GP.