Talk:Medical advice tutorial
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"Experienced health professionals have a broad perspective and depth of understanding that cannot be matched by sleuthing on the internet." This statement seems too sweeping and flatout incorrect to me. Myriads of examples are reported in the U.S. News where individuals have pursued matters themselves online and elsewhere and achieved better results than from their specific health care professionals. This statement makes large assumptions about the competence of all professionals and inadequacies of all amateurs and the internet in general that can be potentially deadly to unwary readers. Mirwin 07:25, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- I understand your point. Someone who thinks they can drop into a wiki and ask for medical advice is not really doing the kind of thing "where individuals have pursued matters themselves online and elsewhere and achieved better results than from their specific health care professionals". The phrase "sleuthing on the internet" is in the context of asking for medical advice at wiki websites. --JWSchmidt 15:48, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
