[jostmey]

As someone who has been in and out of the US medical system, I strongly agree with the opening statement by Dr. Wadhwa.

In my experience there are a lot of incompetent and immoral doctors. As a patient I need a trusted opinion, for I myself have not spent the last ten years in training to become a doctor. So who or what can I turn to? The medical system in this country feels too badly broken. I need another option.

[DanBC]

Cochrane Collaborations review the research amd perform meta analysis to tell us what does or doesn't work.

The English NICE recommend treatment based on cost effectiveness.

The "friends and family" test should be used by all English hospitals and that might give you some information.

I'm not sure how you find out whether a particular surgeon is an incompetant butcher.