Talk:Medical advice

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[edit] Sources

How about a Google Book Search? Some likely titles there... --Una Smith (talk) 05:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comment from elsewhere

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Medical advice presupposes a professional relationship, between a doctor or qualified health care provider and a willing patient. It is based on the standard ethics of a doctor patient relationship and carries the rights and duties inherent in a relationship esteemed by society as unique amd held at a high level of trust and respect. The greater the burden on the clinician not to violate this trust and not to destroy this unique relationship.

Aspects of medical advise have certain pre-requisites such as confidentially between clinician and patient. An a priori condition to giving medical advise is the examination of the patient with a standard format involving a history, physical examination, review of pertinent studies and tests and records, the ordering of additional studies and tests, if it advances diagnosis and treatment.

The function(s) of medical advice can be broad: To alleviate disease, to prevent disease, to educate patients for wellness and healthy life style, simply to educate the curious, reassure the anxious and above all employing the therapeutic art of listening.

Medical advice in the care of the ill should include a clearly stated diagnosis. Side effects of medications and treatments are discussed and alternatives, risks and benefits of treatment are made clear and transparent.

General information may be given, to either individuals, or groups, as in lectures, internet message boards, newspaper articles and the like. This instance does not create a doctor patient relationship.

The quality of the clinicians decision making, from ordering the appropriate tests, to interpreting the tests, to forming a diagnosis, to recommending treatment are the usual and customary duties of a clinician. When any of these activities cause harm to the patient and if reasonable members of the same profession can be shown to have done the thing differently to avoid harm, then the clinician may, or may not, have breached their duty to their patient and the case is evaluated for deviation from standard of care.Buddydog21 (talk) 07:09, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] what is wrong

i have s/s of blood in stool mucous spit up,, spit up blood, stomach pains an fainting —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.60.159.10 (talk) 13:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC)