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Doctors used to be viewed with (justified) suspicion. That suspicion is mostly still justified, but doctors are riding the coattails of several significant medi
by wyager 4y ago
Doctors used to be viewed with (justified) suspicion. That suspicion is mostly still justified, but doctors are riding the coattails of several significant medical inventions in the last 100 years, especially antibiotics. This gives them a lot of credibility (justified or not), and the political consequences of this are not ideal. Hopefully this will eventually return to equilibrium and people will stop treating doctors like they're a couple stddev smarter or more trustworthy than they actually are.
- Ligma123 4y agoJust look up for the amount of deaths for medical malpractice in most developed countries. Not all doctors and nurses are that technically good to justify that we don't keep a sensible amount of suspicion, or when receiving a diagnosis shouldn't look for a second, or even third opinion.
- chiefgeek 4y agoWhat do you call the person who came in last in the class in medical school? Doctor.
- confidantlake 4y agoI like the joke, but in truth it is often failed to secure residency. What do you call the resident who did worst in his residency? just doesn't role off the tongue as nicely :)