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Doesn't have to be deadly to change the calculation of a patient you're looking to get informed consent from. But, medical people have long struggled to balanc
by atatatat 5y ago
Doesn't have to be deadly to change the calculation of a patient you're looking to get informed consent from.
But, medical people have long struggled to balance what they consider an informed patient, so, they paternalize.
- noduerme 5y agoI'd like to see a real count of: 1. how many people a year poison themselves with fake cures they find on YouTube, 2. how many fail to take prescribed medicine because they read something on Reddit, 3. how many die in the hands of medical professionals who misdiagnose or incorrectly prescribe. "Paternalism" is only an attitude because doctors have to deal with tons of gullible people who are fed small amounts of truth they're not capable of comprehending, and large amounts of misinformation by people interested in selling them bleach, copper bracelets, and other "holistic cures". Put yourself in a doctor's shoes for a second. Paternalism is the only adequate response to a public stuffed to the gills with conspiracy thinking.