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> Being confidently wrong and deviating from the standard of care by dismissing things or mistreating them is exactly the sort of thing that loses them malpract
by riku_iki 2y ago
> Being confidently wrong and deviating from the standard of care by dismissing things or mistreating them is exactly the sort of thing that loses them malpractice cases.
its theoretical assumption, but looking at my personal experience, it doesn't look like doctors feel much pressure to do some deep research, and they just give some semi-generic advises which could contradict actual studies.
- thfuran 2y agoThe standard of care is more conservative than doing whatever you can find a study saying might help, and being a bit behind of the latest research is very different from "hallucinate whatever they want without being held accountable".
- riku_iki 2y ago> The standard of care is more conservative than doing whatever you can find a study saying might help or may be not aggressive enough to prevent deadly decease. The point is that you can't know if doctor did some real high quality research, or just made some superficial decision, and there is no clear way to held him accountable for being lazy or uneducated.