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Re:A 'slow catastrophe' unfolds as the golden age of antibio... by npsimons on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @07:06PM (#12082849)
> the customer is always right

No, they fucking aren't, especially when it comes to medicine. Antibiotics should be controlled like opiates; at least over-prescription of opiates doesn't endanger the whole species.

> What surprises me is with the levels of litigation against doctors, this hasn't seemed to trigger any change in behaviour.

Try fines - that's supposedly solved the opiate abuse problem.

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Re:A 'slow catastrophe' unfolds as the golden age of antibio... by vacri on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:22PM (#12083385)
I remember one businessman being interviewed who stated very clearly that the customer is not always right, but that the customer does have the right to be heard. I think that was a much better phrasing - and truer to the actual spirit of the original than what it means at face value.
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