Question

Medical journalist Shannon Brownlee says in the film, “We have a disease-care system, and we have a very profitable disease care system... It does not want you to die and does not want you to get well. It just wants you to keep coming back.” Do you agree with this statement or disagree? Why or why not?

The film states that the current system provides the wrong incentives for doctors and hospitals, sometimes forcing them to do what is not in their patients’ best interests. How have you seen this manifest in your own experience? What can patients and physicians do to change this?

Answer 1

The statement can be neither agreed or disagreed.The statement can be agreed when for example a patient has undergone surgery has to definately come up for follow up care which makes him necessary to come back to hospital.

At the same time the statement can be disagreed when a full term mother is admitted for delivery ,she after the birth of the baby it doesn't make her any necessity to get back to hospital for herself.

The patient if has a problem and goes to a doctor he must be clearly explained about the treatment plan completely making him aware .So that he actually knows about the disease control the expense to be incurred for treatment.

The physician has to provide the right treatment , making right diagnosis, test, medications.He should clearly dinscribe about the baide effect and its management.