This is just crewed up

[OC]

From CNN - "In a civil case that could have broad ramifications for how patients in pain are treated, a California jury Wednesday found a doctor liable for recklessness and abuse for not prescribing enough pain medication to a patient, who later died of cancer."

I am just outraged by this. First we are fed a system that largely refuses to pay the (unfortunately) high expenses to take care of us (HMOs, PPOs) so the doctors do their best to hold costs down within that framework. NOW one of these doctors gets sued, when it's the GD insurance companies that are to blame.

Granted, I don't know both sides of the story, but you can't have it boths ways people. Our doctors are human beings like the rest of us, and sometimes they make mistakes. To expect them to be perfect is absolutely ridiculous. I am so sick of hipocrisy I could just puke.


-OC

[Y2J]

I agree, doctors want to make money first. Did you know chromium and vanadium can cure diabetes, but doctors give patients insulin for the rest of their livees so they can pay mercedes payments

[Goutham]

Chromium isn't a cure, at least completely. Chromium makes it easier for the body to burn glucose, chromium supplements have recently been touted as energy-boosters. In addition, chromium's alliance with insulin makes it especially important for diabetics. It can help some people who develop diabetes as older adults better tolerate glucose, thereby reducing the amount of insulin they need to control their sugar levels.

Also, saying every doctor is just out there to make money isn't a fair accusation. I know many doctors and you shouldn't make that assumption based on a small majority whom are just in it to make money.

[ironchef]

I would hope the doctors are in it for the money. Anybody claiming otherwise is a liar and probably uses his "virtue" as a mask for his ineptitude.

And I wish chromium and vanadium were cures for diabetes. Until somebody can farm grow a pancreas, me and my infusion pump will be living a happy life together.