However, it has been argued that specific personality traits account for only a moderate proportion of the variance in social behavior, with human interaction being largely affected by situational factors [4], [5].
It has repeatedly been argued that specific phobia might be disgust-based rather than fear-based (for a review, see Olatunji et al., 2010).
Individual doctor attitudes and interest have been demonstrated to influence patient outcomes in some instances [ 2, 3] and it has been argued that specific attitudes are more predictive of behaviour than general attitudes[ 4].
It could be argued that gender specific capping could lead to more accurate results; however, as mentioned previously, RR data for sustained very high alcohol consumption are largely unavailable, which is an issue that should also be addressed.
Environmental exposures could not entirely explain the association between ethnic background and respiratory symptoms, and it could be argued that ethnicity-specific genetic factors and gene-by-environment interactions among ethnic groups might predispose infants to the development of respiratory symptoms [ 31].
It may be argued that prompt and specific antibiotic treatment, guided by microbiologic results, is strongly related to an improved outcome, as shown by others [ 25].
Finally, it could be argued that a more specific medicine-related outcome might be more relevant, such as hospital admission for adverse drug reactions.
However, it could also be argued that mentioning a specific policy could have induced the respondents to be more anecdotal in their responses.
There are three basic responses to the problem of informed consent: first, it could be argued that, if fully specific informed consent is not possible for non-targeted genetic profiling, these services ought not to be made available, at least not in any non-supervised, direct-to-consumer fashion [ 13].
Similarly, it could also be argued that the final four specific domains do not necessarily cover every relevant QOL issue specific to stoma patients, e.g. needs belonging in the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid, such as "Ego needs" or "Self Actualisation" needs [ 10].
