Comments on: House as a Diagnostic Resource? http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1126 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:37:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: anonymous http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-5639 anonymous Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:51:06 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1126#comment-5639 You know, I'd just like to apologize for all the idiots out there. I am not a doctor, and although I was considering premed in undergrad, I wound up going with something else. I don't tell my car mechanic what he should be doing, and I damn well don't instruct my doctor, either. If there's a weird sound, or a pull to one side, he's the guy I tell, but after that it's up to him. I'm sorry we patients are idiots sometimes. You know, I’d just like to apologize for all the idiots out there. I am not a doctor, and although I was considering premed in undergrad, I wound up going with something else. I don’t tell my car mechanic what he should be doing, and I damn well don’t instruct my doctor, either. If there’s a weird sound, or a pull to one side, he’s the guy I tell, but after that it’s up to him.

I’m sorry we patients are idiots sometimes.

]]> By: Zach http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-5629 Zach Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:53:38 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1126#comment-5629 At least when it comes to "House" you can point out that they treat for the easy diagnoses first, and it's only when that fails that they start going for stronger diagnoses. At least when it comes to “House” you can point out that they treat for the easy diagnoses first, and it’s only when that fails that they start going for stronger diagnoses.

]]> By: Steven http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-5624 Steven Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:55:20 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1126#comment-5624 The really funny bit about that story is that it reads like a clinic sub-plot on House. Dr. House would of course react sarcastically, give them a placebo that would "cure" them of their disease, and be rewarded with a clue to the actual medical mystery that week. They might even add a line making fun of idiots who took the medicine on doctor shows as real. The really funny bit about that story is that it reads like a clinic sub-plot on House. Dr. House would of course react sarcastically, give them a placebo that would “cure” them of their disease, and be rewarded with a clue to the actual medical mystery that week. They might even add a line making fun of idiots who took the medicine on doctor shows as real.

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