Yes, safety-ism in health care. I've often blamed the lawyers. The practice of defensive medicine by doctors ordering unnecessary tests and procedures was a reaction to medical malpractice lawsuits. Which got doctors used to checking the boxes on med-mal insurance protocols.
Which became Obamacare standardized health care protocols. Leavi…
Yes, safety-ism in health care. I've often blamed the lawyers. The practice of defensive medicine by doctors ordering unnecessary tests and procedures was a reaction to medical malpractice lawsuits. Which got doctors used to checking the boxes on med-mal insurance protocols.
Which became Obamacare standardized health care protocols. Leaving no room for professional discretion and practicing the art of medicine. Shifting the profession into cookiecutter, one-size-fits-all medicine by number. So when edicts came down from high above about covid care it was normal operating procedure. Decades of being trained and conditioned not to think. Just check the boxes on the forms and submit. Lawyers were the gateway to rule by public/private bureaucratic authorities.
Yes, safety-ism in health care. I've often blamed the lawyers. The practice of defensive medicine by doctors ordering unnecessary tests and procedures was a reaction to medical malpractice lawsuits. Which got doctors used to checking the boxes on med-mal insurance protocols.
Which became Obamacare standardized health care protocols. Leaving no room for professional discretion and practicing the art of medicine. Shifting the profession into cookiecutter, one-size-fits-all medicine by number. So when edicts came down from high above about covid care it was normal operating procedure. Decades of being trained and conditioned not to think. Just check the boxes on the forms and submit. Lawyers were the gateway to rule by public/private bureaucratic authorities.