Sure, but there are also a lot of bad doctors out there. It is important to advocate for yourself. There are a lot of doctors out there who are super dismissive of what their patients tell them. People would not feel nearly the need to second guess doctors with Google searches if doctors were better at listening to their patients.
Google is actually a great resource for finding factual peer reviewed articles. Tons of information is published by Harvard Medical as well as other medical schools. If you are looking for information it's the best resource. Hell my doctor uses Google and she's done it right in front of me.
The key thing when using Google is to know a good source from a bad source:
Bad sources:
Blogs Website/article/papers written by people that are not experts in those fields Websites/article/papers that make claims without sourcing the data and or research conducted.
Good source * Peer reviewed articles publish in journals such as JAMA * Sites that end in .edu or .org whose business it is to know that topic and are experts in that field. (Think edu sites dedicated to medicine like health.harvard.edu)
Doctors are people and are not infallible. So you have to be your own advocate.
rybl on October 3rd, 2021 at 15:52 UTC »
Sure, but there are also a lot of bad doctors out there. It is important to advocate for yourself. There are a lot of doctors out there who are super dismissive of what their patients tell them. People would not feel nearly the need to second guess doctors with Google searches if doctors were better at listening to their patients.
Just_Another_Scott on October 3rd, 2021 at 16:38 UTC »
Google is actually a great resource for finding factual peer reviewed articles. Tons of information is published by Harvard Medical as well as other medical schools. If you are looking for information it's the best resource. Hell my doctor uses Google and she's done it right in front of me.
The key thing when using Google is to know a good source from a bad source:
Bad sources:
Blogs Website/article/papers written by people that are not experts in those fields Websites/article/papers that make claims without sourcing the data and or research conducted.Good source * Peer reviewed articles publish in journals such as JAMA * Sites that end in .edu or .org whose business it is to know that topic and are experts in that field. (Think edu sites dedicated to medicine like health.harvard.edu)
Doctors are people and are not infallible. So you have to be your own advocate.
DragPackDoug on October 3rd, 2021 at 16:59 UTC »
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