I would not be surprised if the doctor adopted a rule of “always discuss treatment in person” as health issues often are very emotional and patients may be ill-informed
Ah, that does seem plausible. Along with the hypotheses that he sloppily applies this to diabetics who need insulin, and it subsequently became an ego contest.
I wonder how the doctor would react if Zvi’s friend would point out his motivation for keeping his schedule while actively endorsing the importance of his doctor’s opinion.
I too suspect that the doctor would have responded much better. I’ve been learning more and more that when you give people an out that lets them maintain their ego, they often are happy to take it. The places where people get really stubborn is when giving in would compromise their ego.
But of course, it’s 100% not acceptable for a doctor to let their ego get in the way of life saving medicine, and it is extremely understandable for someone being denied life saving medicine to overlook all of this.
Keep in mind doctors are optimizing for patients of average ability wrt not acting insanely on their instructions. I found a lot more sympathy for people in positions of authority when I gained experience with the breath taking number of ways people can alter what seem to be very simple instructions.
Regulatory capture, in practice, means that if you circumvent the existing players they can have you arrested. Many many people are trying to figure out how to supply insulin to diabetics in the US, but no dice so far.
Ah, that does seem plausible. Along with the hypotheses that he sloppily applies this to diabetics who need insulin, and it subsequently became an ego contest.
I too suspect that the doctor would have responded much better. I’ve been learning more and more that when you give people an out that lets them maintain their ego, they often are happy to take it. The places where people get really stubborn is when giving in would compromise their ego.
But of course, it’s 100% not acceptable for a doctor to let their ego get in the way of life saving medicine, and it is extremely understandable for someone being denied life saving medicine to overlook all of this.
Keep in mind doctors are optimizing for patients of average ability wrt not acting insanely on their instructions. I found a lot more sympathy for people in positions of authority when I gained experience with the breath taking number of ways people can alter what seem to be very simple instructions.
Gotcha. Maybe it could make sense to apply it to diabetics then.
Regulatory capture, in practice, means that if you circumvent the existing players they can have you arrested. Many many people are trying to figure out how to supply insulin to diabetics in the US, but no dice so far.