Posted by sdb on January 25, 2007, at 20:07:25
In reply to Telling your pdoc about this board, posted by becksA on January 24, 2007, at 1:36:21
> My pdoc now thinks it is great that I have outside opinions.
I like the idea of a self-help group and pbabble seems to be something like that. In psychiatry it can probably work better compared with other medical disciplines. If pbabble really helps is difficult to say because of how to measure that.
Twenty independent opinions in the cyberspace can be better than a second professional opinion in the cyberspace. You could consider pbabble as a form of meta-analysis. Of course there's concern of misinformation but in other real not cyberspace self-help groups this can happen too. I am more concerned about doctors give advice in the internet in other disciplines than psychiatry because of responsibility, precision, measurements and much more. An advice is more personal thus is not simple information/education.
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