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Well of course doctors would - they’re not going through it so don’t have all the emotional baggage the patients do.
by refurb 4y ago
Well of course doctors would - they’re not going through it so don’t have all the emotional baggage the patients do.
- Cederfjard 4y agoI think you misunderstand - they're saying that the doctors would elect to receive less treatments than the average patient if they themselves were sick - presumably because they are well aware of the low likelihood of success and the brutality of going through it. I'm not a physician, either, but this rings true with experiences from my own life, were people I knew who were doctors decided early to stop treatment and let the disease run its course (and subsequently passed away).
- andyjohnson0 4y agoThe person you are replying to is saying that doctors often choose to forgo treatment options that their patients undergo. See https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-doctors-die https://hms.harvard.edu/news/how-doctors-die - "Physicians are less likely than the general population to undergo intense end-of-life treatments"