[CLIP] Why Many Scientific Findings Don’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny: Emily Kaplan

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"I have a friend who's a doctor, who says that it used to be, when the doctors walked down the hallway, the administrators would run and hide out of fear, right? And now, it's the other way around. And it's because the doctors are being yelled at for not filing the form right or not coding something right. They're not accountants. That's not why they got into this. They got into this to hold the hand of the patient and help the person heal or prevent illness. And we've taken that power away from them. So, I like to remind doctors: they're the only one with any moral authority. They take the Hippocratic Oath, and that really means something. And we, as patients, are absolutely dependent on them because the pharmaceutical companies are beholden to their investors. They have a fiduciary responsibility to deliver returns - so do hospital systems, even academia. So, the only safeguard I see in the system is the doctor, who needs to be able to stand up and say, ‘You know what? If I put you on this drug, you're going to get these side effects, and then we're going to have to put you on that drug. And then you're going to have these side effects, and then we're going to put you on that drug. So, let's just try something different. Let's see if we can get 50 pounds off of you and how that goes. Then, maybe you won't need any of these.' That's a conversation I think we would all value and respect. And it's not happening to nearly the degree that it should be happening.” - Emily Kaplan