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Most doctors don't give a damn. They just follow exact rigid procedure. If someone dies they can exonerate themselves in front of any medical review board that

Most doctors don't give a damn. They just follow exact rigid procedure. If someone dies they can exonerate themselves in front of any medical review board that bothers to investigate. They can then send the patient off to the morgue and go play golf on the weekend. Happens all the time. If a doctor reads a medical study, takes a risk, and the patient dies anyway then the medical review board will ask them to explain themselves and why they didn't follow procedure.

phren0logy 15y ago
>narrator: "Most doctors don't give a damn. They just follow exact rigid procedure. If someone dies they can exonerate themselves in front of any medical review board that bothers to investigate. They can then send the patient off to the morgue and go play golf on the weekend. Happens all the time." Physicians are required to provide treatment within the standard of care. I'm not sure if that's the "exact rigid procedure" that you are referring to, but I would note that this requirement is imposed by the legal system. Also, it really makes me sad to hear that you think that doctors don't care about their patients that die. I am a physician, and I can tell you (anecdotally) that doctors I have known who lose patients don't take it lightly. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I would ask you to back up such a broad and accusatory statement with some evidence.
- dhbanes 15y ago
  Do you remember the names of the last three people who died under your care?
  - phren0logy 15y ago
    Yes. What's a "bad day at work" like for you?
pak 15y ago
"Most doctors don't give a damn" if someone dies? Perhaps you had a bad experience with a physician, but please don't generalize that to the entire profession. That's a ridiculous, inflammatory starting position.
- Devilboy 15y ago
  Yea he was a bit crass there but the point is that patients die all the time and doctors will keep doing what they do. But being sued for malpractice is one of the most destructive things that can happen to a doctor's private practice and they will go to great lengths to avoid that.
  - lurker19 15y ago
    It is wonderful that someone does. If doctors were as squeamish about death as I am, nobody would try to practice life-saving medicine at all and outcomes would be far worse.
lurker19 15y ago
It turns out that clinical treatment and medical research are two distinct activities, and patients appreciating not getting the one they did not expect.
Gatsky 15y ago
Have you ever cared for someone who is chronically unwell, in pain, depressed? Take all the complexities of that relationship. Think about the days when you want to kill each other. Think about all the emotional ups and downs. Now have 10 relationships like this each day, every day. You don't know anything about being a doctor.

phren0logy 15y ago

>narrator: "Most doctors don't give a damn. They just follow exact rigid procedure. If someone dies they can exonerate themselves in front of any medical review board that bothers to investigate. They can then send the patient off to the morgue and go play golf on the weekend. Happens all the time." Physicians are required to provide treatment within the standard of care. I'm not sure if that's the "exact rigid procedure" that you are referring to, but I would note that this requirement is imposed by the legal system. Also, it really makes me sad to hear that you think that doctors don't care about their patients that die. I am a physician, and I can tell you (anecdotally) that doctors I have known who lose patients don't take it lightly. I'm sure there are exceptions, but I would ask you to back up such a broad and accusatory statement with some evidence.

dhbanes 15y ago
Do you remember the names of the last three people who died under your care?
- phren0logy 15y ago
  Yes. What's a "bad day at work" like for you?

pak 15y ago

"Most doctors don't give a damn" if someone dies? Perhaps you had a bad experience with a physician, but please don't generalize that to the entire profession. That's a ridiculous, inflammatory starting position.

Devilboy 15y ago
Yea he was a bit crass there but the point is that patients die all the time and doctors will keep doing what they do. But being sued for malpractice is one of the most destructive things that can happen to a doctor's private practice and they will go to great lengths to avoid that.
- lurker19 15y ago
  It is wonderful that someone does. If doctors were as squeamish about death as I am, nobody would try to practice life-saving medicine at all and outcomes would be far worse.

lurker19 15y ago

It turns out that clinical treatment and medical research are two distinct activities, and patients appreciating not getting the one they did not expect.

Gatsky 15y ago

Have you ever cared for someone who is chronically unwell, in pain, depressed? Take all the complexities of that relationship. Think about the days when you want to kill each other. Think about all the emotional ups and downs. Now have 10 relationships like this each day, every day. You don't know anything about being a doctor.