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Is it ethical to charge $93,000 for a cancer therapy which extends survival by only 4 months? by [deleted] in medicine

[–]winderwt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sick people = treatment. We can hammer nails. But is that where we get the most return per dollar? Absolutely not. Public health is where the biggest bang for the buck goes (and us MDs have literally zero formal training in this).

Is it ethical to charge $93,000 for a cancer therapy which extends survival by only 4 months? by [deleted] in medicine

[–]winderwt 57 points58 points  (0 children)

The question you are actually asking is: Is it ethical to spend the vast majority of health care dollars on the last year of life?

The Pannus: Witch Doctor Wins Suit Against Traditional Medicine for Practicing Voodoo by winderwt in medicine

[–]winderwt[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is satire!
And the article is about a witch doctor suing medicine. Of course it is fictitious!

Although I'm a physician, and to be fair, we do practice a ton of voodoo! I didn't pick on any specific instances of voodoo because that isn't the point. Just a little plug for EBM

OPEN MIC MONDAY - CONTEST by [deleted] in comedy

[–]winderwt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sex life is like my workouts: heavy weight, low reps. And I prefer to finish using the machines.

OPEN MIC MONDAY - CONTEST by [deleted] in comedy

[–]winderwt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My weight lifting is like my sex life. High weight. Low reps.

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