[hzay]

> Imagine someone being a brain surgeon also interested in the heart, kidneys and urinary tract, nose-throat-ears, ... that's a Renaissance Doc.

Do you mean that such a Renaissance doc this is not a good thing? I think this is exactly the sort of doctors we need.

Right now, my father has diabetes t2, high bp, a slightly enlarged prostrate gland, a series of UTIs, hernia, skin rashes and probably a few other things. He's fairly rigorous in researching & learning about his conditions. But no doc he consults takes an overall picture of his health. You have nephrologist, urologist, cardiologist and so on. They tend to miss things among themselves until he reminds them.

Yes medicine has advanced greatly but a renaissance doc would be transformative for people like him.

[lotsofpulp]

Is he overweight and/or sedentary? If so, I don’t see what a doctor can do other than prescribe a GLP-1.

[AstralStorm]

You know what a lifestyle coach is? Or a physiotherapist?

A few surgeries, treatments and lifestyle interventions can do it. Though it's not an easy task. And further, not a cheap one. Treatments tend to synergize.

There's so many specialized doctors.

The generalist is called a general practitioner, but commonly reduced to a specialist in ENT infections.