Physicians were indeed at the forefront of the Holocaust and I have the sinking feeling that medicine is again starting down a very dark path. The degree to which "equitism" (love the word, btw) has already infiltrated medicine is terrifying--and it's starting to have real world effects, such as prioritizing certain racial groups for sca…
Physicians were indeed at the forefront of the Holocaust and I have the sinking feeling that medicine is again starting down a very dark path. The degree to which "equitism" (love the word, btw) has already infiltrated medicine is terrifying--and it's starting to have real world effects, such as prioritizing certain racial groups for scarce resources and procedures in the name of "health equity." I wrote a full Substack about this issue here: https://pairodocs.substack.com/p/save-the-planet-kill-your-patient
Physicians were indeed at the forefront of the Holocaust and I have the sinking feeling that medicine is again starting down a very dark path. The degree to which "equitism" (love the word, btw) has already infiltrated medicine is terrifying--and it's starting to have real world effects, such as prioritizing certain racial groups for scarce resources and procedures in the name of "health equity." I wrote a full Substack about this issue here: https://pairodocs.substack.com/p/save-the-planet-kill-your-patient
Fantastic piece--especially that call for "social justice rather than medical expertise."