I am a surgical subspecialist, and I think there are good points here, but you fundamentally err when trying to equate the work of a doctor or surgeon to someone making a chair. All people are different and there often is not evidence to guide treatment for many patients, since it is impossible to study all of the variations in human anatomy and pathology. This is unlike chairs, which you can make uniformly. This means the work of a doctor is 1) understanding the evidence that is out there and 2) synthesizing how this could be applicable to a patient that may (in the case of some common medical problem) or may... (read more)
I am a surgical subspecialist, and I think there are good points here, but you fundamentally err when trying to equate the work of a doctor or surgeon to someone making a chair. All people are different and there often is not evidence to guide treatment for many patients, since it is impossible to study all of the variations in human anatomy and pathology. This is unlike chairs, which you can make uniformly. This means the work of a doctor is 1) understanding the evidence that is out there and 2) synthesizing how this could be applicable to a patient that may (in the case of some common medical problem) or may... (read more)