Wikipedia discourages self diagnosis and treatment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Medical_disclaimer
And I think professionals are capable enough to verify the credibility of the referred sources instead of blindly reading the articles. Regards, Jee On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Lane Rasberry <l...@bluerasberry.com>wrote: > Hello, > > I am a participant in WikiProject Medicine on English Wikipedia and know > about this case. I also have talked to the researcher who published this > paper since its publication. > > Lots of people have lots of objections to Wikipedia. In my opinion, the > study itself is correct for what it reports, but no newspaper or other > media understands what the study is saying and they are reporting all kinds > of silly things. Here is the discussion of this paper in WikiProject > Medicine - > < > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine/Archive_48#Poor_paper_.5B4.5D_on_Wikipedia > > > That is in the archives, so if someone has more to say, post to the main > forum. > > While I think this study is being perceived negatively, I appreciate any > research team who does any kind of research on Wikipedia's health content. > Here is a list of what has been done: > < > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Research_publications > > > > @geni - "The problem is the number of doctors who use wikipedia." > > I disagree. I feel that the problem is that for all of history there has > never been health information accessible to doctors and patients. Wikipedia > at least says that people should have health information, whereas every > government and health organization in the world (NIH, NHS, WHO and the > rest) are still saying "Not yet, it is not important, nobody wants this" > and not providing any alternative. There are no alternatives or competitors > to Wikipedia for what it does, so of course doctors use it. The problem is > that no one else thinks doctors need ready access to good information right > now, and Wikipedia is just doing the best it can to meet the existing > demand that is otherwise ignored. > > @Todd Allen - "ask your doctor" should always be the end of the process." > > The number of people how have as much access to their doctors as they wish > is definitely not more than 20% of the English speaking world and the > reality is probably closer to 2-3% of people. Doctors simply do not have > more than minutes to answer questions and many people would like to study > for hours over their lifetimes. Referring people to doctors ignores the > problem that people do not get as much access to healthcare as they would > like, and doctors are not ready to provide health information on demand. At > the same time, patients are being encouraged to make more health decisions > with their doctors, but not given educational resources to help them make > those decisions. > > I wish there were enough doctors, and people should try hard to ask them > lots of questions, but something more is needed too. > > yours, > > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Todd Allen <toddmal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Actually, "Don't diagnose yourself" is just generally good advice. Even > if > > the medical information you have is accurate, there might be other > possible > > causes or factors that need to be considered. > > > > Internet information, Wikipedia or otherwise, might be a good place to > get > > things to ask your doctor about, but "ask your doctor" should always be > the > > end of the process. > > > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Marc A. Pelletier <m...@uberbox.org> > > wrote: > > > > > On 05/27/2014 10:18 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > > > > From what I remember from it is that > > > > what is called Osteopathy in the UK isn't the same thing that's > called > > > > Osteopathy in the US > > > > > > Ah, that explains it. :-) > > > > > > Regardless, "Don't diagnose yourself with Wikipedia" seems to be > > > infinitely good advice, regardless of any hyperbole about article > > accuracy! > > > > > > -- Marc > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Lane Rasberry > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > 206.801.0814 > l...@bluerasberry.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
