Comments on: Subjectivity in Medicine http://factonista.org/2008/09/03/subjectivity-in-medicine/ Science. Humanism. Atheism. Politics. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:46:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Abhishek Bhatnagar http://factonista.org/2008/09/03/subjectivity-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Abhishek Bhatnagar Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:21:20 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1044#comment-669 Thanks Rodrigo...that's very true. I've met my shared of physicians whose ego has gotten the better of their judgments. But on the positive side, there is no shortage of "mensch" people in the field. Thanks Rodrigo…that’s very true. I’ve met my shared of physicians whose ego has gotten the better of their judgments.
But on the positive side, there is no shortage of “mensch” people in the field.

]]> By: Rodrigo Neely http://factonista.org/2008/09/03/subjectivity-in-medicine/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Rodrigo Neely Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:44:37 +0000 http://theedger.org/?p=1044#comment-644 I loved this post. It was excellent. What it makes me wonder, however, is whether or not there is a culture of excessive ego among physicians. Most of my peers are pre-medical, and they rarely seem to share the pure fascination for science and scientific thought that those of us who don't want to be physicians feel in undergraduate biology and chemistry. If my pre-med peers are typical, and I hope they aren't, then most people who go on to become physicians are only there for the promise of the large income. Careful account of data from the patient, is science. Rather than the attempt to categorize each patient with some definition they had to memorize in med school. I constantly defend scientific medicine, and am a vocal critic of alternative medicine, but physicians don't seem to make it easy for me to defend their trade. I loved this post. It was excellent.

What it makes me wonder, however, is whether or not there is a culture of excessive ego among physicians. Most of my peers are pre-medical, and they rarely seem to share the pure fascination for science and scientific thought that those of us who don’t want to be physicians feel in undergraduate biology and chemistry.

If my pre-med peers are typical, and I hope they aren’t, then most people who go on to become physicians are only there for the promise of the large income.

Careful account of data from the patient, is science. Rather than the attempt to categorize each patient with some definition they had to memorize in med school.

I constantly defend scientific medicine, and am a vocal critic of alternative medicine, but physicians don’t seem to make it easy for me to defend their trade.

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