Hi Birdman,
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I never thought that in the US our medical community could be decades behind Japan and Germany in our testing methods. Makes me wonder what other medical areas are behind in?
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Are you sure you want to know?
ranking medical care by country
Some of the data is older; a few links provide updates, but they're still/yet nothing to brag about/take pride in, even though our expenditure per capita ranks first—IOW (to put it nicely) we're not getting what we're paying for.
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Problem is most Docs don't take kindly to their patients educating them.
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IME, this is changing—albeit slowly. How information is presented plays a huge role; no-one likes to be told they're behind times and/or how to do their job, especially when they've expended/invested so much time & resources in their education/training.
Assembling a good
support network may seem a daunting task (considering half of all doctors are below average) but it
IS doable; it takes time & homework—motivation we've all got!
Add'l Info on assembling the right team of doctors
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