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Given the amount paid by the patient to the doctor, the doctor is honor bound to listen to the patient, to consider what he said. This is not a trivial amount o
by corethree 3y ago
Given the amount paid by the patient to the doctor, the doctor is honor bound to listen to the patient, to consider what he said. This is not a trivial amount of money that the patient is forking over to the doctor.
It's understandable from the standpoint of irritation, if the doctor is presented with the same crack pot theories all the time then it's understandable how he would ignore such theories.
It's not understandable from a moral standpoint. If the doctor isn't delivering to the patient what equates to the thousands of dollars the patient forked over to him, then the doctor needs to be paid the amount he deserves.
When a drunk driver kills someone on accident he is honor bound by morality to be responsible for the death. Being drunk is not excuse. Same with a doctor. If he claims he's an expert and he's paid thousands of dollars for a check up he is responsible for being right and if being right means listening to every single theory from the patient because that's what he's morally obligated to do. Not wanting to "waste time" because of "pressure" is not an excuse. Ever. Lives are at stake.
- intended 3y agoIf the doctor was free, would any of these things change?
- corethree 3y agoA patient isn't just damaged by bad treatment. He's damaged by medical costs. He's damaged by the very thing that makes doctors rich. And often given in return incompetency. Bled dry by "experts" holding their lives hostage. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/health/us-health-care-spending-global-perspective/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/health/us-health-care-spendin... It's disgusting. Oh and check this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139931/#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%2050,deaths%20related%20to%20opioid%20overdose.&text=(See%20Figure%201.)&text=But%20statistics%20on%20death%20do%20not%20tell%20the%20whole%20story https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139931/#:~:tex.... It's not just incompetence. Trustworthiness is also an issue.