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Finding someone to monitor your vitals during a fast would be difficult as most doctor's don't want to risk losing their license doing something experimental.
by wavepruner 7y ago
Finding someone to monitor your vitals during a fast would be difficult as most doctor's don't want to risk losing their license doing something experimental.
But I wasn't just referring to fasting. It's incredibly difficult to do anything that isn't approved by a doctor. Even lab tests is a huge battle unless you pay out of pocket via mail order.
- ip26 7y agoWhy is that surprising? Why would insurance cover a lab you ordered yourself?
- wavepruner 7y agoWhat's surprising is that doctors are legally required to order lab tests when they are non-invasive and have 0 risk of harm. They do not need a doctor's approval and could be much cheaper by cutting them out of the loop entirely.
- pdonis 7y ago> Finding someone to monitor your vitals during a fast would be difficult If a person is undergoing cancer treatment their vitals are being monitored anyway. I'm not talking about the person asking for any additional lab tests. I'm just talking about them deciding to fast.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI'm curious: What would you want monitored? And why? There are lots of low tech/no tech ways to monitor your health and people pursuing alternative remedies routinely pay out of pocket as both a cheap alternative to paying a doctor and because they often don't want a doctor involved in their health choices.
- pdonis 7y ago> It's incredibly difficult to do anything that isn't approved by a doctor. Even lab tests is a huge battle unless you pay out of pocket via mail order. As your last statement here illustrates, this is because of the way most health care is paid for. In a system where third parties pay for most health care, the doctor has to answer to the people who pay even though they are not the patient. Even if he personally is convinced that a particular experimental treatment is low-risk and has some chance of success, he still has to convince the people who pay, which is a much higher bar.
- wavepruner 7y agoIf a doctor thinks the system they work for is the problem then maybe they should be getting a different job instead of always making excuses.