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> They're there to keep you healthy. This is probably the issue under contention. I don't like doctors either (or really the entire medical establishment). Som
by Jach 8y ago
> They're there to keep you healthy.
This is probably the issue under contention. I don't like doctors either (or really the entire medical establishment). Some part of that is a belief that they aren't in fact there to keep you healthy. No I'm not trying to argue something like profit motives or whatever driving an unethical effort to make you dependent instead of healthy, or say doctors shouldn't exist, or that I wouldn't go to one if I thought I needed medical care, just that I don't like doctors or the systems and methods they operate under (some by force). nonbel unpacks one aspect of the dislike, The Elephant in the Brain unpacks another aspect (e.g. by the finding that people who receive free healthcare consume a lot more medicine but aren't any healthier, which wasn't actually surprising for me to hear!), and there are other aspects for my dislike too.
- ams6110 8y agoMostly this. I think most doctors mean well but but when you go looking for problems that you are trained to find you usually find something, and medicine is so defensive these days due to malpractice litigation that nothing even slightly anomalous is ever ignored.
- gizmo385 8y ago> medicine is so defensive these days due to malpractice litigation Is there any evidence of this? I've seen malpractice litigation similarly cited as one of the reasons behind the the high cost of health care in the US (which is also frequently disputed [1]) [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/upshot/malpractice-reform-wont-do-much-to-reduce-health-spending.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/upshot/malpractice-reform...