The body has a wonderful system called the immune system. It actually handles most problems itself - but it requires varied raw materials in food, physical exercise and a sane life :)
"Feasible law suits" depends on the country. I live in a country where lawsuits against doctors are very, very rare, typically because there is not much to gain from it, but a huge amount of work. It is different in Germany, where lawsuits are very common.
If I look at the potential for lawsuits, the criteria must be something like the chance that the judge perceives the treatment to have caused a worse result than expected by the patient or expected by doctors. The patient is usually not very informed so the patient's expectations are a bad criteria. The doctors usually expect results based on common practice, so you will probably not get very far if you disagree with the system.
In other words, if you want to sue your doc because the doc didn't prevent you from getting obese and get diabetes, you will probably lose, no matter what justice system you live in. And the only way you can sue the "system", is if you introduce nannyism. Similarly, if a patient is not good at explaining symptoms, it will be hard to sue the doc for treating incorrectly.
Instead of your question, I would ask: Of the millions of cases docs see each year, what percentage get the problem solved because of the doctor? 5%? 1%? I seriously doubt that it is more than 10% in high-standard countries. |
