Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain
by wutbrodo on Saturday October 31, 2020 @12:11AM
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Great comment, sums up exactly what the issue is without resorting to shortcuts like "incompetent" that are more likely to offend than convince (something I've certainly been guilty of in the past). At this point, for mild to moderate healthcare-system interactions, I go to doctor's appt with a pretty accurate sense of what prescription and/or advice I'm leaving with. I basically consider it a fee I need to pay in order to get the legally-required prescription or referral I already know I need.
Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain
by treeman79 on Saturday October 31, 2020 @06:23AM
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I’ve tried reading medical reports of patient complaints.
It is crazy hard. It’s like tech support on a Linux running Oracle with grandma.
Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain
by centimeter on Saturday October 31, 2020 @01:21AM
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What’s wrong with using shortcuts like “incompetent”? It’s not generally a good use of time to enumerate all the specific ways in which most professionals are incompetent, especially if you aren’t familiar with the field.
Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain
by whatshisface on Saturday October 31, 2020 @04:40PM
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If they're 70% competent then you will be 70% wrong in calling them incompetent.
Re:How to deal with extreme physical pain
by httpsterio on Saturday October 31, 2020 @07:30AM
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One thing you fail to mention / acknowledge is that what doctors are not doing is just running through check lists because that's what they are taught, but because they have to rule out a lot of stuff out first. In a lot of cases, the wrong type of medicine or diagnosis can be lethal.
Now that's probably appropriate for (say) 70% of patients. But what about the other 30% of patients whose symptoms or conditions don't fit squarely in the checklist? That's when some kind of analytical/critical diagnostic skills are needed, and in my experience, very few doctors possess these skills.
Once you're in uncharted waters, they're not helpful. In fact, they're often actively unhelpful because they refuse to acknowledge that some things might be outside their expertise and they either need to actually hit the books, or do the work to find a specialist who can help you.