• mormund@feddit.org
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    8 days ago

    Citation needed. Especially men avoid getting medical care even when free. At least from my European experience

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgOP
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      8 days ago

      Can confirm. European health care systems may be flawed in many ways, but I have personally known people who avoided getting their treatable illnesses treated.

      Though if you have the kind of issue where you’d consider taking the risk of a Dr House-intervention, you’re fucked in Europe, too - IME, at least here in Germany doctors absolutely hate investigating the more complicated cases.

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        8 days ago

        Women as well, I had a relative die of (maybe curable) breast cancer, who had avoided screenings because she was scared they’d turn out positive. Yeah. To be honest, I am not much better, I should get some check-ups done.