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How do they administer chemo or radiation then? Or just do an X-ray for that matter. Doctors make tradeoffs all the time.
by maxerickson 6y ago
How do they administer chemo or radiation then?
Or just do an X-ray for that matter.
Doctors make tradeoffs all the time.
- ravedave5 6y agoApples to oranges but I'll take the bait. Chemo's risks are well studied and known. Is a long discussion with a patient to understand all the risks/rewards. X-rays risks are so negligible it's not worth discussing. This was a oh crap, we don't know what's happening and we're doing this to millions of people a day.
- maxerickson 6y agoIts not apples and oranges, you presented the oath as an absolute and now you are talking about risk analysis and some harms being dismissible.
- mint2 6y agoThe effect of low dose X-rays or other low dose radiation is unquantified below a certain threshold. Some people believe it’s actually good for you. In other words, prescribing an X-ray is not doing harm based on our current understanding, it is doing “undefined”