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I believe they used to perform major surgery on babies using the same non-evidence-based reasoning. I think the real reason is the combination of 1) tortured b
by mynameishere 4y ago
I believe they used to perform major surgery on babies using the same non-evidence-based reasoning. I think the real reason is the combination of 1) tortured babies can't file lawsuits but 2) Parents whose babies die from anesthesia can file lawsuits. So, follow the money as with everything in medicine.
- Jensson 4y agoA parent could sue doctors for the babies pain though. I suspect doctors then said "babies can't feel pain!" in order to not get sued, that way surgeries gets cheaper.
- int_19h 4y agoThat kind of thing was practiced in countries where doctors don't fear getting sued. I grew up in the USSR; at the age of 2 or so, they chemically burned some kind of tumor out of me, with no anesthetic. I don't even remember it myself - I just have a large scar on my arm, and my mother's story about how it went. From her words, the doctors' motivation was that they didn't want to risk anesthesia on a kid that young unless absolutely necessary for the operation, which they deemed this wasn't.