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Doctors tend to be shockingly "analytic" and siloed in how they approach things. Easily 99% in my experience. Problem: the human body is a system rather than
by xyzzy21 5y ago
Doctors tend to be shockingly "analytic" and siloed in how they approach things. Easily 99% in my experience. Problem: the human body is a system rather than a "bag of parts"!
If they know bones, everything is caused by bones. It's a variant of "if your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail". Each specialization has only one tool: a hammer or screwdriver, etc. and that's the only lens most have.
None know how to holistically look at things or, for example, consider that bones are connected to tendons to muscles so all three are likely to be involved in certain common pathologies.
The other issue I have with most: they are both shallow and gullible AF. It's far too easy to "suggest" an ailment and get them to only focus on that. Objectivity is not part of their methods in my experience. That does not build trust either.
So both of these combined to create a lot of "cookbook medicine" - like the old pizza commercial: "I go to the fridge and get the box!" which is everything they do.
At least in America.
I've had better experiences with doctors overseas sometimes. Not always but sometimes concierge/resort medicine does better. More time. More focus.