Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site pedsgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!petsd!pedsgd!bob From: bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Credentials, State vs. private Message-ID: <280@pedsgd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 11:13:28 EDT Article-I.D.: pedsgd.280 Posted: Wed Sep 25 11:13:28 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Sep-85 03:34:22 EDT References: <152@gargoyle.UUCP> <28200053@inmet.UUCP> Reply-To: bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler) Organization: Perkin-Elmer, Tinton Falls, NJ Lines: 33 Organization : Perkin-Elmer DSG, Tinton Falls NJ Keywords: In article <139@l5.uucp> laura@l5.UUCP (Laura Creighton) writes: > >State of (say) California? Right now I have no way of knowing whether any >given doctor graduated first or last in his class, or whether he is a >brilliant theoretician who can do splendid medical research but who has >difficulty in coming up with an accurate diagnosis. Is there any resaon at all to suppose it would easier to find this out in Libertaria? In fact, you *can* currently check some of these things out if you are so inclined. > >The tendancy to rely on state certification leads to apathy on the part of >the public. The number of people, who, when faced with a serious medical >decision (say to either have a mastectomy or to have chemotherapy instead) >do not get a second, thrid and forth opinion is astonishing. Clearly they >believe that either the first opinion they got was the only one (based on >a belief that all doctors are minimally competant and couldn't be wrong on >such an issue) or that their first doctor was in some way better than other >doctors. This is frightening. >-- >Laura Creighton (note new address!) This seems a little illogical. We are assumed to be so stupid that we cannot see the limitations of the current system. However, we are so brilliant that left to our own devices we could verify the technical competence of our physician apriori. Bob Weiler.