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From Men's Journal:
Every time you walk into a physician's office, you run the risk of overtreatment: Tests you don't need, medications that are ineffective (or dangerous), procedures that cause more problems than they solve. In many cases the best thing for your health is to do nothing.
Make no mistake: A good doctor is, or should be, your most trusted resource if you're sick. If you're not sick and he wants to treat you anyway, that doesn't necessarily make him a bad doctor. But it does make him a player in a system that operates according to the unspoken and often unexamined assumption that more treatment is better for the patient. It's unquestionably better for the financial health of the stakeholders in the system: the doctors, the pharmaceutical industry, the health-insurance companies, and the hospitals. If you don't know how the game is played, the odds go up that you'll wind up the loser.
What do you people think, will people change if they know this?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by skater on Wednesday September 24 2014, @06:14PM
It was really refreshing when I took my cat to the vet and they actually discussed options and costs for his illness. Depressing as all hell, especially since we all knew he was dying, but it was also nice to hear the different options and select one that made the most sense for the cat. (Example: We were reasonably sure he had cancer, but there was no way to tell without an expensive biopsy. But his health was sliding regardless of the reason, and we knew we might extend his life a few months at most.)