>>>>News flash - every profession has a good share of those. Candidly, I've seen speakers we both know who openly advocated approaches that are definitely not in the best interests of clients.
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>>>Actually, the book wasn't about doctors trying to make excess money from doing unnecessary tests. It was about a frame of mind that's become part of the medical mindset and training that results in too much testing.
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>>...and why do you think the medical mindset is to test excessively?
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>A combination of fear of lawsuits
Definitely correct on the fear of lawsuits. Doctors have to practice defensive medicine, x100. And you have the government to thank for inculcating that mindset. The malpractice crisis was not a major issue when medicine was much closer to being private.