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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My main issue with doctors is not the arrogance, though that does exist. My issue is that many of them are quick to prescribe drugs, despite that many health issues could be combated with dietary changes. I would like for doctors to focus more on diet and less on drugs.

A question for the medical types on this board - I have heard that medical school includes a laughably small amount of instruction on diet. Is this true?

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Yes, it’s true. American medicine is big business, and just like any other business the #1 priority has to be profits. No one here can dispute that. So why would they prioritize healthy lifestyle changes? [/quote]

I love how you guys who have no idea how medicine works or how doctors actually make a living (spoiler: it’s not from prescriptions) are so confident in your wrong ideas.[/quote]

What do you love about it? That your ego gets to feel “better, bigger and smarter” for knowing things you sense others don’t? Why not just share your knowledge then?

I always presumed it was largely procedure based. For example I heard a doctor/hospital gets paid out from insurance about $9000 more for a c section than a vaginal delivery. I’m not assuming the worst of doctors. I do believe they strive to provide best care but I also think as a whole the direction of our health care system is also driven by profit.

There are multiple reasons for why the US’s c section rate at 32%+ is the highest for any developed first world country. This is despite the fact that the WHO acknowledges that c section rates above 10% do not reflect an increase in maternal or fetal health. Our health care system is very very pro surgery/pro procedures. It is not proactive health or wellness based, and as other posters have commented, this is not what is taught in medical school. What is taught is symptom management focused. At that point the patients problems are just that - problematic.

This conversation is broader than just about doctors. Doctors absolutely help and save lives with their care and procedures, and as a country we do not emphasize enough the value of proactive integrative care that is largely outside the realm of a conventional doctors practice. As patients we also need to stop relying on doctors to be these God-like healers. There is more responsibility to be had on all fronts for the demise of our nations health. [/quote]

Yes that c-section rate reason isn’t doctors. It’s lawyers.[/quote]

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