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You know that when a doctor is done talking with you, he/she leaves the room and looks up a diagnosis on a computer right?


Well in that case, why bother going to the hospital at all!

Doctors are a social conduit for understanding symptoms, explaining the reasoning behind eventual diagnosis, and being able to perform it themselves. A computer would not be, and certainly not in a way a distraught patient could communicate with easily. I also don't envision computers being tied to writing prescriptions any time soon, which is the other reason I would use a doctor.

Again, surgeries I would be fine with.


>Well in that case, why bother going to the hospital at all!

Because WebMD can't write you a prescription.




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