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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Unfortunately, there are way more than "plenty" of medical references out there, but unfortunately, I would say the majority are either wrong, half-truths, pushing an agenda or a product, or beyond the understanding of the non-professional. The problem is the internet information leads to the attitude of "I'm in charge", or "I can debate this with the doctor". WRONG!!! You can choose among reasonable options offered by a professional as well as his opinion as to which is best. But don't ever delude yourself into thinking you're on some kind of knowledge and experience parity with the physician. I wish I had a dollar for every time a patient brought in some nonsensical printout from the internet and handed it to me---those went straight in the garbage. (The printout, not the patient  ) |
The clinical guidelines are the clinical guidelines. If you are practicing outside the clinical guidelines then you better document your reasoning. Don't try to say the clinical guidelines are "nonsensical" internet garbage. Scary you would try to discourage patients from looking at the clinical guidelines from the medical associations.