This is a bit of a rant.

Several weeks ago, I read an article (and I don't have a link, sorry) on
how medicine is practiced in the US.  It probably applies elsewhere.
Anyway, the article was saying that medicine is often consumer-driven.
Patients demand drugs or surgeries they have heard about, thinking that
they will benefit them.  The article was mostly talking about stents and
antibiotics.  But a study mentioned in the article said that of the 300
most prescribed medications and surgeries, 40% do more harm than good.
Medicine does not operate on scientific principles.  And doctors are
affected by culture as much as anyone else is.  Pediatrics was founded on
formula recipes and vaccination schedules.  (That's from a different
article.)  It's not suprising, then, that there is so much distrust of
vaccines among patients, and so much ignorance about breastfeeding among
pediatricians.

I may have saved this article.  I'll check when I'm on my computer and not
my phone.

In short, culture change is a long game.  You just have to keep plugging
away.  Small changes over time add up.

Julie Tardos

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