Whatever happened to the concept of preventive care? It seems as though health insurance carriers would rather cover the cost of treating your illness than pay for your annual checkups.
What, if you're elderly, it wouldn't matter as much if you found a lump in your breast? Or, is this doctor saying that it's less likely for an elderly woman to develop breast cancer? Does he really believe an elderly person would want to have to deal with a home stool test? I wonder how many the doctor has done at home - it's not the easiest thing to do!
I thought the field of medicine held to the notion that, the older we get, the more aggressive the care should be, just as the care is aggressive when we're very young. These days, our elderly are suffering from so many "maladies" that are caused by what we did not understand a generation or two ago.
I'm sure the good doctor has a perfectly rational explanation for his point of view. I just wonder how realistic it is.
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Whatever happened to the concept of preventive care? It seems as though health insurance carriers would rather cover the cost of treating your illness than pay for your annual checkups.
What, if you're elderly, it wouldn't matter as much if you found a lump in your breast? Or, is this doctor saying that it's less likely for an elderly woman to develop breast cancer? Does he really believe an elderly person would want to have to deal with a home stool test? I wonder how many the doctor has done at home - it's not the easiest thing to do!
I thought the field of medicine held to the notion that, the older we get, the more aggressive the care should be, just as the care is aggressive when we're very young. These days, our elderly are suffering from so many "maladies" that are caused by what we did not understand a generation or two ago.
I'm sure the good doctor has a perfectly rational explanation for his point of view. I just wonder how realistic it is.
February 26, 2008 - 6:01pmThis Comment
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