How to handle medical advice requests from friends, family

Paul Burcher
Friends and family members will ask doctors for medical advice for a variety of reasons: curiosity, needing help in a situation that is unfamiliar, concern about their friends and family, or feeling ‘fed up’ with other physicians and the health care system, research suggests.
However, doctors should think before they speak for a variety of reasons, several sources told Healio Family Medicine.
“Even though I’m an OB-GYN — and OB-GYNs are notorious for thinking first about medical liability — the threat of a lawsuit is not the strongest argument for

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