Is there a more arrogant profession (collectively) than medicine? From the article, a mere 60 years later:
ME is not a psychological problem.
And a wish:
Jose Montoya, professor of medicine at the
University of Stanford, said: “I have a wish
and a dream that medical and scientific
societies will apologise to their ME patients."
Any bets on if and when that apology will happen? Have doctors ever even apologized for bloodletting? E.g. they killed George Washington:
By the time the three physicians finished their
treatments and bloodletting of the President,
there had been a massive volume of blood loss—half
or more of his total blood content was removed
over the course of just a few hours.[1]
Have doctors ever even apologized for bloodletting? E.g. they killed George Washington
Who's left to apologize and to whom would they apologize? It's not like "doctor" is a hereditary title or anything. Doctors today have little to do with what happened then, other than being able to view what happened and observe the consequences to learn from it.
I was playing hockey a few weeks back with some new guys and at the end of the games, we started shooting the shit. I asked the goalie what he did for work: "I'm a doctor". "Oh cool, my brother is a doctor as well."
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Is there a more arrogant profession (collectively) than medicine? From the article, a mere 60 years later:
And a wish: Any bets on if and when that apology will happen? Have doctors ever even apologized for bloodletting? E.g. they killed George Washington: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_washington#DeathWho's left to apologize and to whom would they apologize? It's not like "doctor" is a hereditary title or anything. Doctors today have little to do with what happened then, other than being able to view what happened and observe the consequences to learn from it.
Surgery?
Oh god.
I was playing hockey a few weeks back with some new guys and at the end of the games, we started shooting the shit. I asked the goalie what he did for work: "I'm a doctor". "Oh cool, my brother is a doctor as well."
"Where?"
"<some hospital>"
"Oh, I work there as well. What department?"
"<the department>"
"Oh, haha, I'm a surgeon"
I lost it laughing.
I don't get it.
There is a hierarchy among medical professionals. I just couldn't help laughing at the way this guy said "oh, haha, I'm a surgeon."
What stupid times we live in, that we demand apologies for everything and from everyone, even people who have been buried for 200 years!