04-14-2018, 12:34 AM
My pleasure.
In theory you would give a copy of the ajp article to the doctor and they would thank you for supplying them with such valuable information.
That's the theory.
In practice (even though I have a great doctor) I have certainly been given the "Uggghhh....some-one's been reading Doctor Google again" eye-roll look when it becomes clear that my appointment has been made only to request a specific pathology test. Funny really, the doc should be giving me a hug. He gets a payment of $40 (from the government) for ordering a pathology test. $40 for a 30 second consult. Not bad.
In Australia, even a general check-up from an unknown doctor at a Bulk Billing (free) Clinic would always include a Liver Function Test. I can't imagine having to buy an LFT on-line.
But then, at the risk of being provocative, I also can't imagine why an industrialized country like the USA doesn't have universal health care
In theory you would give a copy of the ajp article to the doctor and they would thank you for supplying them with such valuable information.
That's the theory.
In practice (even though I have a great doctor) I have certainly been given the "Uggghhh....some-one's been reading Doctor Google again" eye-roll look when it becomes clear that my appointment has been made only to request a specific pathology test. Funny really, the doc should be giving me a hug. He gets a payment of $40 (from the government) for ordering a pathology test. $40 for a 30 second consult. Not bad.
In Australia, even a general check-up from an unknown doctor at a Bulk Billing (free) Clinic would always include a Liver Function Test. I can't imagine having to buy an LFT on-line.
But then, at the risk of being provocative, I also can't imagine why an industrialized country like the USA doesn't have universal health care
There's a difference between having an opinion and having an informed opinion.