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Originally Posted by rlynnm
Doctors are extensively educated before they obtain their degrees or licensure s
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But only in very limited areas.
eg: When it come to drugs they largely rely on drug company information and their own 'testing'.
They also are given limited, if not biased, info about natural health remedies.
We have a doctor (orthopedic surgeon) who is known by the staff to be incompetant. However they cannot touch him as the profession protects him. A few years ago a girl died of a broken leg because of his abilities. He is still working. There have been articles written about his trail of destruction but still he is there.
Here are some stats. OK a little dramatic use but I think it is interesting.
Number of physicians in the US: 700,000.
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year: 120,000.
Accidental deaths per physician: 0.171
(U.S. Dept.of Health & Human Services)
Number of gun owners in the US: 80,000,000.
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups): 1,500.
Accidental deaths per gun owner: 0.0000188
OK guns have no benefit but maybe doctors benefits are not what we think.