This is a thorny subject that I’m not sure I’m qualified to weigh in on - but when has that ever stopped anyone on the internet?
I’d like to live in a world where I can trust the doctor. After all, their whole shtick is supposed to be helping people. Sadly, we’ve been shown time and time again that’s not always the case.
Then again, a doctor is a medical expert, and if you’re underinformed then it would behoove you to listen to the experts. With the rise of medical misinformation it’s becoming increasingly clear that we need reliable experts. In particular, vaccine denialism isn’t even just a matter of personal choice - it can cause great damage to the public health.
This leads to a paradox where you need to be able to lean on a doctor’s expertise, but you also have to place your trust in a human - and at the end of the day we know that not all humans are trustworthy. And you can’t even just “do your own research” because if you’re not a good researcher you can fall into junk science and outright lies. I guess therein lies the value of the second opinion.
It sounds to me like Sudiksha didn’t want to accept her doctor’s prognosis that she was dying. Sadly, she was mistaken. But I’m sure if I was in the same position, I’d choose life too.
This is a thorny subject that I’m not sure I’m qualified to weigh in on - but when has that ever stopped anyone on the internet?
I’d like to live in a world where I can trust the doctor. After all, their whole shtick is supposed to be helping people. Sadly, we’ve been shown time and time again that’s not always the case.
Then again, a doctor is a medical expert, and if you’re underinformed then it would behoove you to listen to the experts. With the rise of medical misinformation it’s becoming increasingly clear that we need reliable experts. In particular, vaccine denialism isn’t even just a matter of personal choice - it can cause great damage to the public health.
This leads to a paradox where you need to be able to lean on a doctor’s expertise, but you also have to place your trust in a human - and at the end of the day we know that not all humans are trustworthy. And you can’t even just “do your own research” because if you’re not a good researcher you can fall into junk science and outright lies. I guess therein lies the value of the second opinion.
It sounds to me like Sudiksha didn’t want to accept her doctor’s prognosis that she was dying. Sadly, she was mistaken. But I’m sure if I was in the same position, I’d choose life too.