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>You do not think that established medical treatments generally improve outcomes? That's not what the linked article claims. The linked article claims that the
by nickodell 8y ago
>You do not think that established medical treatments generally improve outcomes?
That's not what the linked article claims. The linked article claims that there are specific procedures that do not help in specific situations, yet these procedures continue to be done in those situations.
This is totally compatible with the claim that medical care improves outcomes on average.
- simonh 8y agoI'm not quite clear what it is that you "don't think is really true", then.
- nickodell 8y agoI'm not the parent commenter. Ask him. If you want to justify the claim, "future generations will look at modern medical procedure X and remark at how primitive and pointless X is," you don't need to show that all medical procedures are bunk. Indeed, in Washington's time, not all medical procedures were bunk. Doctors helped people, sometimes. If doctors in Washinton's time never helped people, the average person would notice that, and stop calling for a doctor. Were some of those procedures harmful to patients? Sure, but not obviously so.