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Math/ML/data-science person now working on solving aging...and helping with COVID19?! Founder, LRI and Daphnia Labs. Married to @oscredwin

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    1. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      And there’s the usual bias (not just by doctors but by the rest of us) towards believing medical treatment can do more than it can. The narrative is “when you’re sick, a doctor can make you well.” We want to be fussed over and fixed; we’re disappointed by “go home and rest.”

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    2. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      When a TV show like House MD wants to show that a doctor is a brave maverick, they show him breaking the rules to give patients risky treatments — never breaking the rules to leave patients alone.

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    3. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      It takes effort to give fair consideration to “what if this *doesn’t* work? How does this procedure or drug compare to *doing nothing*?” When the evidence is ambiguous, err on the side of LESS treatment.

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    4. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      I sometimes fantasize that to really fix this problem we’d need more opportunities to get caring personal attention *with no* drugs or surgeries.

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    5. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      Like, if someone is sick with something there’s no effective treatment for, they should still get to rest up in a special healing environment and temporarily have other people take care of their needs.

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    6. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      I loved giving birth in a hospital — because there were nice nurses around who encouraged me & helped me to the potty when I was too weak to stand. I fucking *loved* having the friendly company and the reassuring structure of a familiar (medical) culture.

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    7. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      But you know what? It cost me thousands of dollars, even with health insurance. And I had a perfectly healthy birth that didn’t need much medical intervention. Why am I paying thousands of dollars for, mostly, *company*?

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    8. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      (Yeah, it’s a bit less risky to have a hospital birth than a home birth, and it makes a big difference in an emergency. But in most cases, you’re fine either way.)

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    9. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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      Doctors and nurses should not be the only professional be-nice-to-you-when-you’re-sick-ers. Medical hospitals should not be the only place you can go when you need caretaking.

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    10. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Mar 11
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      I have friends who are doulas. They have feels about lack of awareness of the option

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      I knew about doulas! I just expected them to be...y'know, touchy-feely. The kind of person who makes you *more* stressed to be around because you have to perform "being emotionally stable" for them otherwise they'll slather you in therapist-speak.

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        2. Sarah Constantin‏ @s_r_constantin Mar 11
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          Replying to @s_r_constantin @Meaningness

          What I need while giving birth is someone who *acts like a nurse.* She's seen it all before, she isn't worried, she's happy for me getting to have a baby, she has lots of facts at her disposal, and she won't act weird if I scream or grossed out by bodily fluids.

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          For some people, medical/scientific/brisk affect is alienating. For me that's reassuring. "Ah, you know what you're doing and it's okay with you that I might puke or shit myself or cuss." Maybe some doulas are like that though!

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        1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness Mar 11
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          Oh god, sorry to hear that! I hope/expect my friends wouldn’t do that

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