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tedggh 9 hours ago

Believable and not shocking. LLMs literally may have saved my sons and potentially her mother too by allowing us to fact check a lot of non sense data and scare tactics by a group of at least 5 different doctors ambushing us to make a life changing decision in minutes. The problem is doctors, at least in the US, prioritize liability exposure over patients long term outcomes. Let’s say you need an intervention where two options A and B are available to you. A carries 1% risk of complications but a great outcome. Option B has 0.1% risk of complications but once you are discharged the short term effects are challenging and long term effects not well understood. Well, 10/10 times doctors will suggest option B and will do anything they can to nudge you into making that choice, like not telling you the absolute numbers and constantly using the word “death”. They also lie about the outcomes, because again, once you accept the procedure, sign and are sent home, they have nothing to do with you.

oofbey 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For all the doubt and negativity here I just want to say “good job” to you. Way to take matters into your own hands and protect your love ones. Haters gonna hate but you did it.

voxl 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Needless conspiracy bullshit without sharing specifics

llbbdd 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Lol, sharing specifics famously a comfortable and smart thing to do with medical information, doctor. This kind of attitude is why the moment it's viable, every F-student with a doctorate is going to get what they deserve.

voxl 6 hours ago | parent [-]

What do they deserve?

llbbdd 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The opportunity to compete with an autocomplete engine that does their job better on average, instead of coasting on their credentials and hurting real people in the process.

anitil 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I agree with the accusation (conspiracy without specifics) but I think you could make that point in a more helpful way

Applejinx 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is the group of at least 5 different doctors ambushing you, in the room with us right now? Was it 5, or more like 15, or 50? Would it have been more or less frightening if it was a group of the same doctor, but like 40 of him?

nostrebored 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I don’t know if you’ve just never had bad healthcare, but this story does not seem unbelievable to me.

I’ve had doctors try to convince me not to pursue medical care, that problems of people close to me were not real and purely psychological, and I’ve personally required emergency surgery due to inaction. In every case there were obvious signs and symptoms.

Doctors are not good at their jobs. In the US, we’ve done a particularly stupid combination of forcing them to incur legal liability and intermediating everything with insurance, both of which impact the care people actually receive.