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Things are changing to accomodate the increasing complexity, same way as ever: specialization. There are now subsubspecialties, and 'cardiologist' or 'nephrolog
by rscho 2y ago
Things are changing to accomodate the increasing complexity, same way as ever: specialization. There are now subsubspecialties, and 'cardiologist' or 'nephrologist' have become incomplete qualifiers. It may not look like that from the pov of outsiders, but medicine is becoming more and more secure by the day. Things were much worse before.
- mouse_ 2y agoif something's wrong, I just don't go to the doctor anymore...
- rscho 2y agoSince you're still alive, it seems the wrong things aren't severe enough to kill you. Good for you!
- choilive 2y agoBut now you have the problem of being too specialized - Ive seen many specialists that think a problem lies within their specialty- when it does not. And how do you deal with problems that are multi-disciplinary (problems that require multiple organ systems) when you have an army of specialists that are each fighting for their own fiefdoms? When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail. Comes to mind.
- rscho 2y agoWell, the model is migrating to one of hyperspecialists collaborating together. Problem is, this isn't compatible with private practice where you're operating mostly alone, and this results in what you describe. The model has to evolve, yes. Good news is, it is in fact evolving (slowly). We can't evolve faster than science anyway, and while medical science is evolving much faster than it used to, we're far from the exponential acceleration we've seen in other domains, e.g. computers.