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by SecretDreams 369 days ago
Sure. But as a patient, you are also not expected to know what is or isn't important. Omitting unimportant information (to you) because your brain does a low pass filter is partially what the doctor is trying to bypass.
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Its as if every single person had to be an expert in every field to be able to function, that's really not a thing and we expect the actual experts to know how to extract the needed information.

That's one of the main differences between mediocre and incredible engineers, being able to figure out what the problem that needs to be solved is and not work on whatever a stakeholder asks them to build.

Your level of general education will allow you to get better health care, legal advice, etc...

No one will worry more about your health than yourself, you can consult, but you are ultimately responsible for it, and the more you know the better.

This is a factual claim regardless of what ought to be