A story by NPR looks at how profit impacts cesarean births. The study shed some light on how money impacts our lives from the very first breath we take.
As reported, researchers hypothesized that doctors may opt for a more lucrative C-section if the mother doesn't know any better, and to find out they compared birth mothers who were also doctors to those who weren't, and looked at how many in each category delivered their children naturally. Doctors, the researchers reasoned, would resist a surgical procedure that wasn't medically necessary more often than anyone with average knowledge.
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Doctors market their services like used car salesmen. They always try to SELL you as much "treatment" as you will buy. My fathe -
Reading the link to the NPR article, I got the impression that there were too many variables for the study to reach any definite c -
I agree that the causes were not entirely clear -- my take was that money is likely a factor, but not necessarily a conscious fact -
Yes, I agree. Point well taken.
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I wish I could say that I was surprised... Thanks for sharing this with us.
