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How Cancer Doctors Failed Her | Hannah Fry

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

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Is There a Better Way to Deal With Cancer?

I think in medicine, actually, you guys are really good at assessing a situation and looking at what could have been done better. But then there's times where it's like, no, no, this is the way. And I'm like, well, it's the way on a population level, but with individuals sitting in front of me, maybe we have to apply different rules here. It doesn't mean that doctors don't know what path might be right for you. You can always learn from your mistakes by doing things another way. The idea that we don't allow you turns as society is an enormous mistake.

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