So much of medicine is prevention. Now even things that we were trying to pin on genes are coming back to lifestyle. Check out this visual representation of cancer risks. It strikes me that most of these changes do not require doctors, yet failure to learn from this data results in the need for many doctors.
In another example of when doctors may not have enough sway to advocate for health, a team of surgeons donated their time to provide a kidney transplant to this man, yet were denied an operating suite by their hospital. Extremely frustrating that Republicans argue against a lifesaving and money-saving operation simply because this man is from Mexico. How can they claim Christian religion and say it's okay for undocumented immigrants to donate organs but not receive them?
"Organ registries do not record illegal status, but a study estimated that over a 20-year period noncitizens donated 2.5 percent of organs and received fewer than 1 percent."
"They should not get any benefit from breaking the law, especially something as expensive as organ transplants or dialysis," said Representative Dana T. Rohrabacher, Republican of California, who contends that care for illegal immigrants is bankrupting American health care and has sought to require that emergency rooms report stabilized patients for deportation unless they prove citizenship or legal residence.
"If they're dead, I don't have an objection to their organs being used," Mr. Rohrabacher added. "If they're alive, they shouldn't be here no matter what."
It sounds like the old "us vs. them" crap that has lead to immoral and unjust policies for all of recorded history...
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