A Doctor Dissects Trump's Doctors Letter

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First of all, the superlatives are extremely unusual. Doctors tend to eschew superlatives, preferring phrases like “reassuring” or “encouraging” as their quantitative narrative. If the word “excellent” were ever chosen, it would never be led in with the word “astonishingly”.

I agree with the author, this is complete and utter bullshit. Patients don’t tell their doctors anything other than their symptoms and issues, the doctor tells them what’s going on. I may discuss treatment options or medications with my doctor, but I don’t tell her when she can write the prescription, or when and how often I’ll take the things. That would be like a private giving his Sargeant an order. Doctors are like military officers, they don’t take orders from the underlings, they give them. If Dr. Bornstein actually caved in to Trump and wrote the letter under pressure, why should we believe a word in it? And if Bornstein didn’t write the letter, who the hell did?

More at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/08/31/1565566/-A-doctor-dissects-Trump-s-doctors-letter-It-ain-t-pretty?detail=email&link_id=3&can_id=ea66e546fa3f7df21ead844c4ba2252c&source=email

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