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| After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea (nytimes.com) | ||
| recommended by 1 user | 2018 | 300 points by mpweiher | medicine | original thread | | ||
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| PuffinBlue Feb 23, 2018 | on: The Poison We Pick | context |
The NYT actually ran another story on exactly this topic - difference in European/US approach to pain management, but more from the patients perspective, it's really good reading too:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/surgery-ge...
Title was: After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea
It made the top spot on HackerNews too:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16252372