The US medical system practically requires patients to steer their care among specialists. If the gentleman steered himself to a liver doctor, he’d hear liver a

The US medical system practically requires patients to steer their care among specialists. If the gentleman steered himself to a liver doctor, he’d hear liver advice. Psychologist, he’d talk about his feelings. Can one really blame him for taking it one step further and investigating whatever he was worried about on his own too? Plus, if you don’t have some completely obvious dread disease, doctors will essentially gaslight you. These researchers get up on a pedestal, snicker at creative self-help, and ignore the systemic dysfunction that led to it.