100 - Tough choice: Helping people to be healthy and happy vs. being a doctor - a podcast by Dr. Jin

Conventional medicine in the US has less and less to do with helping people to be healthy. Oh, am I stepping on somebody’s toes right now? Sorry, but let me repeat it again: conventional medicine in the US has less and less to do with helping people to be healthy.

 

Let me clarify a couple of points before you fire your arguments at me.

 

First of all, I am not talking about doctors as humans. I am not saying that they don’t care. I met a lot of doctors of various specialities, and many of them are wonderful people. They care. So please don’t take it personal. I also met quite a few sloppy medical professionals. I think this will be true about medical care in any country. So this is not a characteristic of American healthcare.

 

Second, advanced technology makes it possible to save people’s lives in such ways that 20-30 years ago doctors would not even comprehend. That is amazing, I salute them. They are able to get people up and running again. 

 

However, remember about Yin-Yan in everything. Remember in my last episode I was talking that everything has a price.