Has anyone noticed the quality of healthcare getting worse and worse.
I sure have.
Yes...I find it best to avoid doctors...MDs...unless you break something or are nearing incapacitation
“Has anyone noticed the quality of healthcare getting worse and worse.”
For several years now my wife and I have been discussing how medical care at all levels and in all circumstances has gotten terrible. We wondered if our personal experience was wide spread.
It seems as if the medical profession, doctors and all related personnel, has stopped caring and have totally lost the art of communication. EVERYTHING seems to have turned into $ and CYA.
Has anyone noticed the quality of healthcare getting worse and worse.
I sure have.
I have actually done a BETTER job than my doctor diagnosing myself with google.
My wife and I are almost 63 and the only drugs we take are the occasional advil if necessary and my wife takes over the counter medicine for her allergies.
I would have written a longer post but I was just too darned tired...
It’s been going downhill for quite awhile.
Getting an appointment is a matter of waiting, and their advice should your symptoms worsen is “go to the ER.”
As far as doctor’s misdiagnosing or giving bad advice, that’s also been around for awhile: I’ve had MS for 20 years, but when all I knew was that my legs didn’t seem to be working right...the first 3 neurologists I saw offered these diagnosises:
1. It’s menopause. (I was in my early 40’a)
2. I didn’t exercise enough, and needed to walk more.
3. I wasn’t paying attention to my gait and needed to pick my feet up when I walked.
Finally ended up in the ER and couldn’t walk at all...then they decided it was neurological and the investigation turned toward that.
I have to see doctors due to my disease and complications associated with it. Do I trust the doctors to have the answers and to know what to do, not really. So you have to be your own advocate, do your own research, and then make sure you have a doctor who’s willing to listen and work with you, and treat you as an individual.
Liberals systematically cleansed western medical ethics from schools around thirty years ago. I have noticed that young residents are appalling in their attitudes towards patients. They (not all) do not love; they act as if they are dealing with a piece of meat. They are rude and have no manners.
I get right in their faces and tell the doctor on them. Western medical ethics were the greatest.