[MD] Low Quality Health Care

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:

> Ha, nice one Platt,
> 
> In your rush to turn everything into a liberal vs conservative agenda
> - in your new found specialist role as commentator on NHS issues in
> the British press (two subjects in which I suspect you are a novice -
> don't talk to me about quality in immediate aesthetic experience when
> it suits you - you contemptible evil fraud) - you miss the fact that
> this forum is about philosophical issues - not headlines that sell
> copy.

So philosophy has nothing to do with everyday life?

> The real point is that the terms "as a result of" and "caused by" are
> just useless concepts for intelligent debate about an issue like this.
> And statistics ? ... nuff said.

Why is cause and effect "useless concepts" when talking about health care?
As for statistics, they are always suspect, but used by government bureaucrats
to run our lives. 
 
> I really do not care whether the UK stats are "better" (ie bigger or
> smaller, nothing to do with quality, notice) than Italy, Austria, USA,
> Costa Rica or Slovenia. What I care about is debate that improves
> decision-making in health care - or any complex human situation,
> anywhere. Your agenda is much more obvious and stuck in an ancient rut
> Platt.

What's really in a rut is your defense of a failed system. 




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