[drfloyd51]

It’s not an either-or situation. A doctor is a human and has a job and a family. I don’t expect my doctor to be spending every second researching everything related to all his patients. There simply isn’t enough time to know everything.

If I wanted that level of care, I expect to pay for a personal physician who only has one patient. Me.

The reality is most of the time my Dr knows more technical info than the patient. But sometimes I know something they don’t. The information asymmetry lasts about 60 seconds before my doctor validates the info against his professional sources.

My doctor is providing a value commiserate with what I pay him.