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Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany)
|March 15, 2018
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Physicians have historically worried about patients self-diagnosing. Concerns include patient anxiety, damaged doctor-patient relationships, and commercial interests influencing self-diagnosis.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Medical Sociology
  • History of Medicine
  • Social History

Background:

  • Contemporary concerns exist regarding patient self-diagnosis fueled by online medical information.
  • Historical precedent shows physicians' unease with self-diagnosis dating back to the emergence of scientific medicine.
  • Doctors historically viewed diagnosis as a key differentiator from unreliable practitioners and were wary of patient self-diagnosis.