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I have never met a doctor (and I think I know a higher-than-average amount of doctors) who wants people to be sick.

• cowsandmilk 10y ago
  But there are diseases where there is a debate over whether someone is "sick" and should be treated. E.g. slow-spreading cancers that likely won't kill you or cause symptoms until after you are dead. Procedures such as whole-body scans frequently turn up issues that would likely never be a problem. There are doctors who push these things that are of questionable medical efficacy, but definitely put money in their pockets.