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Is it your impression that the medical profession thinks that’s ok?

whamlastxmas 2y ago
The medical industrial complex clearly thinks it is, otherwise there would drastically lower patient loads, allow more spots for medical school, and provide better working conditions that would allow for fewer mistakes. None of this is happening and is an implicit acceptance of medical error deaths
4RealFreedom 2y ago
Yes. Nothing is perfect. The remedy they've chosen is to rely on insurance. There is a reason we call doctor's offices 'practices'.
- thfuran 2y ago
  There is, but it's not what you're implying.
- switch007 2y ago
  You think they're called practices because of the less common usage of the term to mean an amateur learning something, to imply they're inexperienced/without training? Rather than it being the place where a practitioner works? ("someone whose regular work has involved a lot of training")
patrick451 2y ago
They obviously do. Just look at the way they run residency programs. They work those poor kids to the bone under minimal supervision. Only the most disingenuous can pretend it's an accident when something goes wrong. The system is clearly designed to harm people.
BiteCode_dev 2y ago
Show me a hospital, and I'll show you overworked, under slept young doctors that have to deal with paper work, and are swimming in a field with heavy lobbying. But even without this, the thing is, when you don't know, you will make mistakes. And when your job is to take care of people, mistakes hurt them. It's the nature of things. Last year I had 3 medical errors, one that almost got me killed, by very well-meaning professionals. Closing your eyes and pretending it doesn't happen is naive at best. But people have to start somewhere. They can't stay in theory forever. And no amount of preparation will save you from making terrible mistakes. Since we can't put an experienced doctor behind every intern 24/7, there is no real solution to this for now. Same for programming.

The medical industrial complex clearly thinks it is, otherwise there would drastically lower patient loads, allow more spots for medical school, and provide better working conditions that would allow for fewer mistakes. None of this is happening and is an implicit acceptance of medical error deaths

4RealFreedom 2y ago

Yes. Nothing is perfect. The remedy they've chosen is to rely on insurance. There is a reason we call doctor's offices 'practices'.

thfuran 2y ago
There is, but it's not what you're implying.
switch007 2y ago
You think they're called practices because of the less common usage of the term to mean an amateur learning something, to imply they're inexperienced/without training? Rather than it being the place where a practitioner works? ("someone whose regular work has involved a lot of training")

patrick451 2y ago

They obviously do. Just look at the way they run residency programs. They work those poor kids to the bone under minimal supervision. Only the most disingenuous can pretend it's an accident when something goes wrong. The system is clearly designed to harm people.

BiteCode_dev 2y ago

Show me a hospital, and I'll show you overworked, under slept young doctors that have to deal with paper work, and are swimming in a field with heavy lobbying. But even without this, the thing is, when you don't know, you will make mistakes. And when your job is to take care of people, mistakes hurt them. It's the nature of things. Last year I had 3 medical errors, one that almost got me killed, by very well-meaning professionals. Closing your eyes and pretending it doesn't happen is naive at best. But people have to start somewhere. They can't stay in theory forever. And no amount of preparation will save you from making terrible mistakes. Since we can't put an experienced doctor behind every intern 24/7, there is no real solution to this for now. Same for programming.