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> "Hug his children. Sleep in his own bed. Eat his meals. and Work a little with his hands." in her words "They shot everything she said down" Anyone know why

by winrid 3y ago

> "Hug his children. Sleep in his own bed. Eat his meals. and Work a little with his hands." in her words "They shot everything she said down" Anyone know why doctors do this? They did the same thing with my father when he wasn't getting better (leukemia with pneumonia) and they couldn't get him off the breathing tube. They were very adamant he'd be disabled for life.

kingds 3y ago
doctors are all completely insane and should never be trusted. the process of getting into and through medical school has a selection bias towards type-a sociopaths. and whoever makes it through that wringer and gets board certified has to be constantly on guard for malpractice lawsuits. half sarcastic but mostly i do believe this lol
zulban 3y ago
It's tough. A vast majority of the time the doctors are right about recovery, and the family is wrong, and optimistic to a delusional degree. It's hard work telling family how bad things really are. Still, if something happens to me or loved ones I hope I get doctors who can distinguish between zero and one in a thousand.
BobaFloutist 3y ago
I mean they're giving the best information they have. Sometimes it's wrong, but unless you think they should hedge more (which people also hate, "Why won't doctors ever commit to something, it's always 'maybe' or 'I don't know' or 'we'll see', what's the point of the degree and the high pay if they don't know anything?!") I don't really see what else they can do. We hear a lot about all the times they're wrong, because they're tragic or frustrating or confusing, and because biology is super non-deterministic they're probably wrong more often than say physicists, but they're also right a lot of the time too, enough of the time that we consider it worth having them. We just don't get as many articles and anecdotes about a doctor correctly predicting someone's disability, because it's not as interesting.

by winrid 3y ago

kingds 3y ago

doctors are all completely insane and should never be trusted. the process of getting into and through medical school has a selection bias towards type-a sociopaths. and whoever makes it through that wringer and gets board certified has to be constantly on guard for malpractice lawsuits. half sarcastic but mostly i do believe this lol

zulban 3y ago

It's tough. A vast majority of the time the doctors are right about recovery, and the family is wrong, and optimistic to a delusional degree. It's hard work telling family how bad things really are. Still, if something happens to me or loved ones I hope I get doctors who can distinguish between zero and one in a thousand.

BobaFloutist 3y ago

I mean they're giving the best information they have. Sometimes it's wrong, but unless you think they should hedge more (which people also hate, "Why won't doctors ever commit to something, it's always 'maybe' or 'I don't know' or 'we'll see', what's the point of the degree and the high pay if they don't know anything?!") I don't really see what else they can do. We hear a lot about all the times they're wrong, because they're tragic or frustrating or confusing, and because biology is super non-deterministic they're probably wrong more often than say physicists, but they're also right a lot of the time too, enough of the time that we consider it worth having them. We just don't get as many articles and anecdotes about a doctor correctly predicting someone's disability, because it's not as interesting.