SaysMe -I’m not advocating Not asking Med Prof. That’s part of our job. What bothered me about your post is that it seemed that you meant that you can totally rely on Med Prof. In our day and age, with new advances coming out daily, unless that’s his/hers actual field, the likelihood on them knowing the latest in that field is not too great. For the pt’s best interest they should research it themselves. Not everything about the Net is bad. The instant access to info has saved many lives.
And I can’t count how many times just from reading the regular News, not medical sites, I’ve found out about the latest in medicine -the same time as e/o else.
Of course, one must be very careful what medical sites you visit -there is a lot of phony stuff out there. Emedicine/webmd is very reliable.