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I think it's too much to ask that every doctor (or any professional in any field, really) make an accurate individual judgement on who of their clients are able

I think it's too much to ask that every doctor (or any professional in any field, really) make an accurate individual judgement on who of their clients are able to do their own research or not. That's a luxury you might be able to afford if you're offering high-end (and thus expensive) services, but not when serving a large amount of customers.

makeitdouble 5y ago
The issue is we’re not “customers”, it’s a regulated profession so you don’t get to pick and choose ad infinitum, and it’s also not like you could bypass them and directly receive treatments you think you need. If you’ve done your homework when coming to them, I don’t think it’s too much to expect to have them at least pay attention to what you bring to the table.
- raziel2p 5y ago
  I think it is, actually - especially if 90% of people who "do their homework" actually end up with the wrong conclusions, and 50% of those are too stubborn to admit that they are wrong. It can be a massive waste of trained professionals' time.
  - makeitdouble 5y ago
    “Doing their homework” means learning enough about a subject to be able to explain in details what they are seeing/feeling and understanding what the doctor has to say about it. It’s the difference between “my poo is weird” and “here’s my temperature during the last three days and each feces according to the Bristol scale”. A doctor just telling you to shove your observations in indecent places isn’t sparing anyone’s time. They might be missing the mark or unreliable, but that’s not what the parent was talking about. On patients that think they know what they need and won’t budge an inch, you’ll have them anyway. Recognizing and properly dealing with these cases is part of being a doctor. You won’t see many 6 yo kid naturally sold on getting intramuscular injections.

makeitdouble 5y ago

The issue is we’re not “customers”, it’s a regulated profession so you don’t get to pick and choose ad infinitum, and it’s also not like you could bypass them and directly receive treatments you think you need. If you’ve done your homework when coming to them, I don’t think it’s too much to expect to have them at least pay attention to what you bring to the table.

raziel2p 5y ago
I think it is, actually - especially if 90% of people who "do their homework" actually end up with the wrong conclusions, and 50% of those are too stubborn to admit that they are wrong. It can be a massive waste of trained professionals' time.
- makeitdouble 5y ago
  “Doing their homework” means learning enough about a subject to be able to explain in details what they are seeing/feeling and understanding what the doctor has to say about it. It’s the difference between “my poo is weird” and “here’s my temperature during the last three days and each feces according to the Bristol scale”. A doctor just telling you to shove your observations in indecent places isn’t sparing anyone’s time. They might be missing the mark or unreliable, but that’s not what the parent was talking about. On patients that think they know what they need and won’t budge an inch, you’ll have them anyway. Recognizing and properly dealing with these cases is part of being a doctor. You won’t see many 6 yo kid naturally sold on getting intramuscular injections.