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Originally Posted by SirTeddykins  It doesn't help that actual MD's use google as reference points.
I went in for a doctors appointment and said to the doctor that I didn't trust google so wanted his expert advice.
He recommended I search google for info/pics of my condition and advised me that this was how he ruled out the condition and suggested this should put my mind at ease.
I know there was an article, recently, which claimed that over 80% of medical doctors use google as reference for diagnoses.
Therefore, I'm afraid the quest for knowledge has taken a sordid turn. |
I think your example of a doctor recommending a patient he's treating using Google to help fully flesh-out the particulars of a professionally examined, diagnosed and possibly already treated medical condition as just one more teaching tool by a singular physician in an attempt to fully educate his patient, though in the process perhaps also providing them far more information than he or she would ever care to know - so, yeah, that is a bit sordid of Doc! hehe
But I doubt your doctor would recommend you self-diagnose and self-treat your medical condition using Google only!
So your Doc's recommendations of having his already diagnosed patient learn all about his or her medical condition feels far different from that of a person using the internet as a pitiful substitute for real veterinary care for their best friend, trying to self-diagnose their own poor, little dog, rather than getting that sweet baby in to see a vet for a professional work-up, opinion and actual treatment of his condition, in order to save money. I sure do feel for that little dog, probably still miserable and itching tonight.
