Well, you will have to be careful how you do it; my understanding is that most doctors are exasperated at people who self-diagnose based on reading things on the Internet. It’s a bias, sure, but it doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable one. So you wouldn’t want to bring it up on your very first visit. You will need to wait until you’ve demonstrated your non-crank-ness.
Once you and your doctor know each other better, though, I think it would be an excellent idea to bring more data to the table. My objection is to an article entitled “Med Patient Social Networks Are Better Scientific Institutions”, not one entitled “Med Patient Social Networks Are A Useful Tool In Improving Care”.
Well, you will have to be careful how you do it; my understanding is that most doctors are exasperated at people who self-diagnose based on reading things on the Internet. It’s a bias, sure, but it doesn’t seem to be an unreasonable one. So you wouldn’t want to bring it up on your very first visit. You will need to wait until you’ve demonstrated your non-crank-ness.
Once you and your doctor know each other better, though, I think it would be an excellent idea to bring more data to the table. My objection is to an article entitled “Med Patient Social Networks Are Better Scientific Institutions”, not one entitled “Med Patient Social Networks Are A Useful Tool In Improving Care”.