No, I don't do research myself on issues that are not my specialty. Either the next step is obvious, or it's beyond my reach. Precisely because I lack the neces

No, I don't do research myself on issues that are not my specialty. Either the next step is obvious, or it's beyond my reach. Precisely because I lack the necessary experience and know-how to apply research results to the clinical problem at hand. For my family, I refer them to someone I believe is good because I've seen them in action and judged them to be good from my limited perspective, if possible. Some docs have bigger egos and will do what you say and research and act outside of their specialty for themselves or their family. In my experience, this very often leads to subpar care (and even quite horrifying failures, sometimes). Now, one can of course look things up to discuss them with their doc and learn why said doc chose whichever option they chose. That shows you're interested and your doc will usually happily oblige if he/she is not already overworked and completely burned out. If your doc's answer to that doesn't satisfy you, then maybe it's better to change.