This pisses me off, too. The hubris of doctors and scientists is so profound, that they will complain to a person who challenges their preconceptions. Disgusting.
This pisses me off, too. The hubris of doctors and scientists is so profound, that they will complain to a person who challenges their preconceptions. Disgusting.
But, if I make carefully chosen assertions, which the doctor will always contradict, I get him where I want him much quicker.
In a sense, it works for me, but it's a testament to the relationship doctors have with their patients: patients are so stupid, the reflex is to contradict then each time.
Not sure it qualifies as hubris, but it's close.
Definitely poor patient interaction from the doctors, but I don't think it's their hubris. Just that they're people like anyone else.
MDs don't practice science; they apply science.
What do you call the person who graduated last in their medical school AND passes the USMLE (United States Licensing Exam) steps with the lowest passing score?
Doctor.
B) you do not want your doctor to have a scientific mindset, which would mean experimenting with your condition with the aim to learn more about nature
At most you want the detective mindset (aka House MD), if you have something uncommon, but you do not want it all the time.
I became an oncologist because my mother died of cancer. I became an neurosurgeon because my cousin died of a brain tumor. They built a whole personality around a scared kid who vowed that one day they would know what is in the darkness and defeat it. But the darkness is vast and our time is very short.
We are just beginning to talk about how many doctors are walking around with PTSD they got on the job. Nobody is talking about the ones who already had it before they even got accepted into college.
Most cases come under standard frameworks and diagnosis will be correct, however if you are the exception then tough luck in getting a right diagnosis on time
She is not a car, they can't simply take her apart and investigate what is causing this unexpected behavior.
It's very unlikely that a doctor will investigate a patients condition and will tear apart all the theories, build new ones based on the findings and cure her(if needed).
What is more realistic is that some scientist working on theories about how something it the brain works will see her case and adjust the theories accordingly and write a paper about it. Some day, when enough work is done to make the theories precise enough someone will figure out why that's happening.
Disgusting hubris.