The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.
Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.
Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
The fact of the matter is right now politicians and insurance companies are making decisions. We're saying we want doctors to be making decisions. And I think that will lead to a higher-quality, lower-cost system over time.
Compared to the United States, physicians in Europe have a much more conservative approach to joint replacement in general.
If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice. And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn't take their advice.
Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?
When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
If you're getting different prescriptions from different doctors, there has to be some sort of check and balance in there somewhere.