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Ever since I learned that a lot of the standards for medical schedules, long work hours etc were set by a cocaine addict who believed it was natural to pull lon
by kevingadd 6y ago
Ever since I learned that a lot of the standards for medical schedules, long work hours etc were set by a cocaine addict who believed it was natural to pull long hours (https://historydaily.org/cocaine-and-modern-medicine-a-twist-you-didnt-see-coming https://historydaily.org/cocaine-and-modern-medicine-a-twist...) it's really stuck with me.
So many bad practices basically persist due to inertia and we all suffer for it.
- phobosanomaly 6y agoMedical errors kill around a quarter-million people a year. Third-leading cause of death. Anderson JG, Abrahamson K. Your Health Care May Kill You: Medical Errors. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;234:13-17. PMID: 28186008. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28186008/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28186008/ Medical residents are capped at 80 hours per-week making around $50k/year, and this is sold as some sort of breakthrough over the previous system where they were working well-in-excess of those 80/week for years during their residency. What is normalized in the healthcare system is beyond insane.