On op-ed on the state of medicine today:
The public has been promised perfection in medical care. The wonders of medical science are hailed and the pitfalls that exist in clinical practice are ignored. Illness and hospitalizations that result in poor outcomes are often exploited by malpractice attorneys who stand ready and eager to sue.
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Is this news?
We have a culture that validates the notion that one person’s opinion is as good as another, that fosters the illusion that a trip to a library or a few minutes on google is as good as any professional instruction, so why would you expect anyone to appreciate medicine particularly?
If we could only get some of these quotidian experts to work on road problems. I haven’t given up hope that their fountain of expertise might actually improve our lives.
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