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> people can go years slowly dying from something that they could fix with a few pills from the corner pharmacy, if a doctor would deign to "tinker" rather than
by verteu 12y ago
> people can go years slowly dying from something that they could fix with a few pills from the corner pharmacy, if a doctor would deign to "tinker" rather than working from theory.
This is a principal-agent problem. Doctors don't have much incentive to cure you. They have a strong incentive to avoid malpractice lawsuits. Thus they are extremely risk-averse.
- MrFree 12y agoThe police are basically our doctors w/in western medicine.
- dredmorbius 12y agoThe past week's Medicare physician payment reform in the U.S. should help with that. It's an outcomes-based system.