On 23/12/2019 13:20, Roger Hayter wrote:
Spike wrote:

It's not for the squeamish, but the BBC drama 'Bodies' on iPlayer
explains why the suing of doctors is rare - summed up as 'doctors look
after doctors, even the bad ones'. The drama doesn't show senior
doctors, and hospital management, in a good light.

The clue here is in the word "drama". If you have any kind of case (or
indeed if you haven't) it is always possible to find a medical expert
who will condemn the offending doctor. One possible reason for failure
in court is that the doctor did nothing wrong, despite the litigant's
convictions.

The clue here is in the words 'did nothing wrong', as other doctors,
knowing that at some time they could well be in the same position, come
out on the side of their colleague.

If it isn't part
of the official diagnosis/treatment algorithm, it won't get mentioned.
It's left to self-help groups and the like to spread the word. Arthritis
is another similar area - anecdata suggests not consuming tomatoes and
potatoes can ameliorate the discomfort, but you'll never hear that in a
doctor's surgery.

Ah yes. I remember your advice re ignoring the Government's previous
alcohol consumption limit and your advocating a not 21 units but 60+.
Oddly, since then the mention of even moderate consumption sends you
into a tirade.

Many people have failed to notice that we now live in an era of Virtue
Signalling, Political Correctness. Perception Management, Identity
Politics, etc etc, and this is just as prevalent in the medical field as
in the 'climate change' industry. One either believes in what gets
handed out as the latest gospel, or works out why one is being fed such
things and in what ways the actual facts are being manipulated. Perhaps
your frequent mentions of steak, duck, goose, Calafornia wine and
Bushmills whisky are related to cognitive dissonance, given the current
war on booze and red meats from the great and the good.

Fashion has actually swung back in favour of red meat recently, I
gather.

I expect XR very soon will be organising a protest about that, probably
over a steak-and-wine dinner...


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Spike