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.
This seems overly cocky to me. As a physician I'm more than happy for my patients to Google the information. I'm paid as a professional to give my expert opinion. I will always give an answer or a solution based on my understanding (both from memory and utilizing references; some online), but my patient is allowed to decide for themselves if they want to take my advice or not. Now I wouldn't recommend using Google and trying to treat yourself outright, but an properly informed patient not only lessens the difficulty of my job, but means the patient is actually attempting to look out for thier own health. If you feel threatened as a physician by a patient using google, then you're likely not very confident in your own skills. Although any patient that thinks they can only rely on Google without an expert's opinion is just plain arrogant. In the end the interaction between a doctor and a patient is a relationship, and it takes contributions from both sides to get to a proper solution.
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 »
As a programmer with 20 yrs experience:
Don't confuse your gOoGlE sEaRcH with my google search site:stackoverflow.com -jquery
Roy_Vidoc on October 3rd, 2021 at 20:55 UTC »
This seems overly cocky to me. As a physician I'm more than happy for my patients to Google the information. I'm paid as a professional to give my expert opinion. I will always give an answer or a solution based on my understanding (both from memory and utilizing references; some online), but my patient is allowed to decide for themselves if they want to take my advice or not. Now I wouldn't recommend using Google and trying to treat yourself outright, but an properly informed patient not only lessens the difficulty of my job, but means the patient is actually attempting to look out for thier own health. If you feel threatened as a physician by a patient using google, then you're likely not very confident in your own skills. Although any patient that thinks they can only rely on Google without an expert's opinion is just plain arrogant. In the end the interaction between a doctor and a patient is a relationship, and it takes contributions from both sides to get to a proper solution.