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> You’re going to have to trust your doctor. Good god this is bad advice, especially in the US which is nowhere near the top in world rankings for quantitative
by jpdoctor 14y ago
> You’re going to have to trust your doctor.
Good god this is bad advice, especially in the US which is nowhere near the top in world rankings for quantitative medical performance like longevity or infant mortality.
The first thing you do is get multiple opinions. Without any further info, you have a 25% chance that you are relying on some clown who was in the bottom 25% of his class. I swear many of those guys are just throwing around treatments to collect $$.
- ScottBurson 14y agoAgreed. And contrary to what the OP said, it is entirely possible to educate oneself about a specific medical condition, given only some basic knowledge about biology and biochemistry. There are plenty of resources out there. Coming up with possible alternative diagnoses for one's symptoms is a bit harder -- that's really what you're relying on the doctor's expertise for -- but even that can be done.
- glomph 14y ago'you have a 25% chance that you are relying on some clown who was in the bottom 25% of his class' Please tell me this is a joke.
- lotsofcows 14y agoWell, of course they are. You have an insurance based health system. Every time you go to your doctor they order every possible test so they can claim it, plus their mark up, against your insurance. How did you think the USA manages to have simultaneously the most expensive and least efficacious health care in the first world?