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by mistermann 3283 days ago
> There's no reason your doctor should be averse to that

This must be where we've crossed wires - you're talking about how things should be, I'm talking about how they sometimes/often are.

> it's no different from recommending a novel

Except one can result in the doctor learning something new about medicine. Unless medicine is somehow the one magical profession where there is no gradient of competency - all practitioners are perfect.