Status Iatrogenicus

This is a blog about how lack of common sense leads to common nonsense in medical practice. The result is often Status Iatrogenicus, or a vicious cycle of complications, burdensome care, wasted resources, and missed opportunities. This blog aims a critical eye at various aspects of medical practice that just plain don't make sense - because the cure for common nonsense is uncommon sense.

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

We Must Suffer: Moral Hazard in Modern Medicine

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I was first introduced to the concept of moral hazard in Rich Rubin's book In an Uncertain World .   He describes the deliberations...
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Scott K. Aberegg, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine, University of Utah. Former affiliations: Outside Hospital x 7.5 years; Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University; Fellowship & MPH: Johns Hopkins Hospital & Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD; Residency: The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center; MD: The Ohio State University; BA, Spanish: Miami University, Ohio. All views are my own with NO institutional endorsement.
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