Medicine as art (2)
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Aug 25, 2011
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Wendy went to the doctor for a tick bite, and the doctor gave her some pills. I went to a different doctor for the same exact thing two days later, and I was told to get a blood test. When I asked my doctor why there were two different diagnoses for the same ailment, he said, "Practicing medicine is an art." Now I ain't no medical doctor, but I can't think of something that should be approached more scientifically than the human body and the treatment of its various diseases. I kind of get the fact that different doctors might disagree on treatment options, but as I said many moons ago, I look forward to the day when doctors are replaced by the following code: if (patient.sickness = "tick bite") { prescribe_pills(); }
Update: Health insurer WellPoint will be using IBM's Watson to suggest treatment options. Boom. #health
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Comments:
2011-08-25 16:14:40
Actually, art is performed/created. Doctors just practice. Heck, I don't even think they have dress rehearsals!
2011-08-25 16:38:32
What are they practicing for? The big game?
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