Re:For many disabled patients, the doctor is often not in
by enragedcacti on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @09:56AM
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You're right and I think its a good principle in general. I just wonder in this particular case how often it actually is zebras and if we would see doctors identifying true-positive cases of zebras (or just not dismissing it when the patient comes in and says "I think it's zebras because XYZ") more often if the medical system had different priorities.
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Re:For many disabled patients, the doctor is often not in
by hotpotamus on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @10:03AM
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Indeed, there are zebras out there, which is a problem.
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-case-of-schizophrenia-found-t....
I read a long form story of that case where the teen's parents spent 2 years and nearly half a million dollars on medical treatment until the father actually was able to put the correct diagnosis together himself. I don't disagree that profit-driven healthcare is incredibly problematic.