tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1836988115015416308..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Second OpinionsStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-15262949573504047932017-04-10T06:06:00.135-07:002017-04-10T06:06:00.135-07:00"One omission in this study is a breakdown of..."One omission in this study is a breakdown of revised diagnosis by disease or disease type. I suspect expert disagreement is more frequent for complaints like chronic fatigue syndrome than, say, fractured tibias. The aggregate data are interesting, but not much more than that."<br /><br />I have to deal with physician diagnosis and medical records on a daily basis.<br /><br />I'm going to agree with trigger warning here. Broken tibias are obvious because they show up on basis x-rays. Chronic fatigue syndrome is basically a diagnosis of exclusion.<br /><br />Plus, GP's refer to specialists, who then refine the diagnosis and perform additional tests, which potentially alter the diagnosis.<br /><br />I also assume, although I could be wrong, that we are also talking about psychological/psychiatric diagnoses here, which, as Stuart would agree, is subject to fads and group-think.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-77577635502713955042017-04-10T05:59:04.294-07:002017-04-10T05:59:04.294-07:00I agree that we ought to have known about disease ...I agree that we ought to have known about disease types. I suspect that when they talk about "serious" illnesses they are not talking about broken bones or other fairly common problems. Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-82993622051061622762017-04-10T05:50:05.441-07:002017-04-10T05:50:05.441-07:00One omission in this study is a breakdown of revis...One omission in this study is a breakdown of revised diagnosis by disease or disease type. I suspect expert disagreement is more frequent for complaints like chronic fatigue syndrome than, say, fractured tibias. The aggregate data are interesting, but not much more than that.<br /><br />Medicine most certainly does not "attract", if that's the appropriate word, the same caliber of students. Medical schools annually report the demographic breakdown of admittees by race and MCAT/GPA. The data are shocking. Affirmative action has dumbed down the med school population.trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.com