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I'm a Doctor Who Almost Died Because My Doctors Refused to Do This 1 Basic Thing

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Re: I'm a Doctor Who Almost Died Because My Doctors Refused to Do This 1 Basic Thing

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Re: I'm a Doctor Who Almost Died Because My Doctors Refused to Do This 1 Basic Thing

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qohen wrote: post #5
wrycoder wrote: post #2

The headline for this article is a travesty - there is no “basic thing” mentioned in the article. It’s almost like the headline was a banal or joke placeholder that was accidentally not updated. This is a very interesting article written by a doctor who experienced severe medical emergency mismanagement following a failed colonoscopy. He nearly died, and his career was destroyed. At the end, there are a number of con…

there is no “basic thing” mentioned in the article The "basic thing" is that the doctor didn't listen to his patient (i.e. the author). It's right here: What’s more, why do too many of them not listen to their patients ― the most basic thing that should be a fundamental part of their practice? (And the lack of listening is described in detail earlier during the chronology of events).

I’ll accept that, but I’m thinking that the editor tried to create a better headline and gave up.

Lack of listening is possible, but the reason for ignoring the massive blood loss in the presence of a highly likely causative factor is not understandable. Incompetence isn’t enough - they must be been considering economic factors, i.e. insurance issues.

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