Re:Why doctors in America earn so much
by robocat on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:19PM
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I'm middle-aged.
I might be over-estimating the percentage. I might also be over-estimating how much we can affect diabetes, weight, fitness, addiction.
I can say that the chronic health problems of my peer-group often appear to be self-inflicted.
Of my dead acquantances there are maybe a few groups: (1) health problems caused by childhoods of poverty, (2) health problems that we haven't solved yet which the medical system helps little, (3) suicides, (4) crashes/accidents, and (5) health problems caused by smoking, drinking and drugs (e.g. HepC).
Also acquaintances with chronic conditions often don't follow medical advice anyway e.g. diabetic friends that abuse their bodies. Or people told to quit drinking or smoking that do not stop.
I'm not saying it is easy. I am saying I know plenty of acquantances that have made difficult choices to improve their lifestyle choices (presuming cause not correlation), and others that have not made positive changes.
Context: I'm in New Zealand, so healthcare is mostly free and of reasonable quality. We have lots of immigrants so I have some exposure to people from other (often adjacent) cultures.
I might be over-estimating the percentage. I might also be over-estimating how much we can affect diabetes, weight, fitness, addiction.
I can say that the chronic health problems of my peer-group often appear to be self-inflicted.
Of my dead acquantances there are maybe a few groups: (1) health problems caused by childhoods of poverty, (2) health problems that we haven't solved yet which the medical system helps little, (3) suicides, (4) crashes/accidents, and (5) health problems caused by smoking, drinking and drugs (e.g. HepC).
Also acquaintances with chronic conditions often don't follow medical advice anyway e.g. diabetic friends that abuse their bodies. Or people told to quit drinking or smoking that do not stop.
I'm not saying it is easy. I am saying I know plenty of acquantances that have made difficult choices to improve their lifestyle choices (presuming cause not correlation), and others that have not made positive changes.
Context: I'm in New Zealand, so healthcare is mostly free and of reasonable quality. We have lots of immigrants so I have some exposure to people from other (often adjacent) cultures.