Comments on: Robin S.: A marriage made in heaven http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/08/robin-s-marriage-made-in-heaven.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/08/robin-s-marriage-made-in-heaven.html#comment-87021 Anonymous Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/08/robin-s-a-marriage-made-in-heaven.html#comment-87021 I grew up in a house with a couple of home health books.<br/>It's nothing new except that now you've got more available.<br/><br/>My mother was an Art Historian, looking stuff up just went with the territory. I grew up in a house with a couple of home health books.
It’s nothing new except that now you’ve got more available.

My mother was an Art Historian, looking stuff up just went with the territory.

]]> By: Supremacy Claushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/08/robin-s-marriage-made-in-heaven.html#comment-87019 Supremacy Claus Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:49:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/08/robin-s-a-marriage-made-in-heaven.html#comment-87019 Because everyone has access to the internet in the US, duties of the reasonable patient have arisen.<br/><br/>1) No claim of lack of informed consent should go unchallenged by the duty to Google doctrine. This includes going onto chatrooms for real experiences of others.<br/><br/>2) No loss of chance claim should go unchallenged without a duty to fire the doctor or to demand a second opinion. "For four years, doctor, you said, heartburn. You failed to diagnose stomach cancer." The patient can now find the differential diagnosis of stomach pain, and had a duty to fire the doctor or demand a second opinion and a workup. Sen Specter demanded a CT scan when his doctor said, migraine. It was a brain tumor.<br/><br/>The patient has second by second info about his symptoms. Now he also has professional grade info about diagnosis and management. Because everyone has access to the internet in the US, duties of the reasonable patient have arisen.

1) No claim of lack of informed consent should go unchallenged by the duty to Google doctrine. This includes going onto chatrooms for real experiences of others.

2) No loss of chance claim should go unchallenged without a duty to fire the doctor or to demand a second opinion. “For four years, doctor, you said, heartburn. You failed to diagnose stomach cancer.” The patient can now find the differential diagnosis of stomach pain, and had a duty to fire the doctor or demand a second opinion and a workup. Sen Specter demanded a CT scan when his doctor said, migraine. It was a brain tumor.

The patient has second by second info about his symptoms. Now he also has professional grade info about diagnosis and management.

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