Ignorant doctors and blood pressure

Richard Smith says in his blog that blood pressure is everyone's responsibility and that patients need to reclaim it from their ignorant doctors.  He also makes an interesting point as to whether high blood pressure is a 'disease' or a risk factor for CV disease. I personally favour the latter approach but I am asking the doc2doc community for their thoughts.http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2013/05/16/richard-smith-reclaiming-blood-pressure-from-doctors/
Source: Doc2Doc BMJ Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: forums