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Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by gwbas1c on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:32PM (#37586286)
The irony was that the infectious disease expert checking my mom was very Chinese, both in appearance and accent.

If she (infectious disease expert) had the "western" "strong individualistic element," she might have pulled the oncologist aside and said, "look..." (If she hadn't already done that, but was merely seeing my mom so her oncologist could save face.)

The real issue is mindset and maturity. These issues happen in all cultures.

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Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by lainga on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @12:34PM (#37586321)
Alright, point taken...
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Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by nwienert on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @01:06PM (#37586747)
The question is what to be done about HN commenters bringing America up as the problem on [insert topic here] reflexively.

If I have to read another European go off on healthcare completely uninformed… (not yours btw) I’ve read at least 4 comments this month that take a mostly universal issue and try and shoehorn some anti American sentiment, almost always completely unnecessarily.

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