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| - Most people, when they fall ill, will only describe their symptoms in general terms ("My stomach hurts", "I think I'm going to throw up", "AAA-CHOO!" etc.) This makes sense - most of us don't have that much medical knowledge, no matter how many doctors / Daily Mail readers think we're all self-medicating with bootleg drugs bought online. See also A Fool for a Client, the equivalent trope for lawyers. Examples of Informed Self Diagnosis include:
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| - Most people, when they fall ill, will only describe their symptoms in general terms ("My stomach hurts", "I think I'm going to throw up", "AAA-CHOO!" etc.) This makes sense - most of us don't have that much medical knowledge, no matter how many doctors / Daily Mail readers think we're all self-medicating with bootleg drugs bought online. Not so when the patient is a doctor, however. S/he will give a full account of their condition, with all the relevant jargon, even if they're in the middle of collapsing. If they're already in hospital, they will probably be an Annoying Patient, particularly if the other doctors disagree - it's well known that doctors make the worst patients. See also A Fool for a Client, the equivalent trope for lawyers. Examples of Informed Self Diagnosis include:
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