PrepTest 85, Section 2, Question 6
Michaela: I think doctors who complain about patients doing medical research on the Internet are being a little unfair. It seems only natural that a patient would want to know as much as possible about his or her condition.
Michaela: I think doctors who complain about patients doing medical research on the Internet are being a little unfair. It seems only natural that a patient would want to know as much as possible about his or her condition.
Sam: It is not unfair. Doctors have undergone years of training. How can you maintain that a doctor's opinion is not worth more than something an untrained person comes up with after searching the Internet?
Michaela: I think doctors who complain about patients doing medical research on the Internet are being a little unfair. It seems only natural that a patient would want to know as much as possible about his or her condition.
Sam: It is not unfair. Doctors have undergone years of training. How can you maintain that a doctor's opinion is not worth more than something an untrained person comes up with after searching the Internet?
Michaela: I think doctors who complain about patients doing medical research on the Internet are being a little unfair. It seems only natural that a patient would want to know as much as possible about his or her condition.
Sam's response indicates that he interpreted Michaela's remarks to mean that
health information found on the Internet is trustworthy
the opinion of a patient who has done Internet research on his or her condition should have at least as much weight as the opinion of a doctor
the opinion of a patient's own doctor should not be given more weight than the opinions of doctors published on websites
a doctor's explanation of a patient's symptoms should be taken more seriously than the patient's own view of his or her symptoms
patients who do not research their conditions on the Internet give their doctors' opinions more consideration
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