Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

1.  

   self diagnosis

   

   Scott, Feb 14th, 2003 @ 9:02am

   
   

   Three years ago I diagnosed myself(with info from the internet) with hepatitis after a misdiagnosis from a PA ("go home and rest- it's a virus").
   
   As the medical industry dumbs itself down and spends less time with patients, it becomes more obvious that, armed with a little information, we can do better for ourselves. We only need Doctors to call in the prescription for many "low urgency" conditions. Doctors and the insurance industry are in the process of putting a lot of doctors out of business.

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

2.  

   No Subject Given

   

   Al, Feb 15th, 2003 @ 1:16am

   
   

   First of all, I think you can give adults some credit, people realise they need to verify facts that they might read online, they know to take some comments with a pinch of salt. Although I'm sure there are a minority of high profile stories that go against this trend...the people who seem to be complaining the most about people researching medical stuff online seem to be the medial industry themselves.
   Also, perhaps we need to give doctors a bit less credit. There are good doctors and bad doctors and doctors make mistakes more frequently than most people realise. Sometimes doctors make decisions based on money, not helping the patient to get better.
   A prescription I was taking resulted in a side effect that my doctor told me was unrelated. I checked at an online forum, only to discover that a lot of people were reporting this. When I told my doctor about this, he did some research and discovered that was true.

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

Add Your Comment