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Sunshine,
I was informed by the parents of one of my patients that you are taking on medical questions and giving out extremely "unqualified" medical advice. Being a surgeon and physician for over 20 years I cannot begin to tell you how dangerous and legally liable these actions are. You clearly admit to having no formal medical training and these questions are completely outside the scope of your field as a volunteer. Simply because other adivce givers answer medical questions does not mean the practice is in the slightest bit acceptable. I can sincerely appreciate the notion that you "try to answer every question to the best of my ability", but there is a very unobstructed line that needs to be drawn when it comes to giving medical advice.
The "only" advice that should be given in cases like these should be to refer the individual to the appropriate medical professional. Online searches in hopes of an accurate medical diagnosis is purely unhelpful, unethical and at times, dangerous. In addition, even though you do not advertise to be a medical professional or physician, you take on that role of doctor by proxy by giving out even the smallest bit of medical advice.
Please recognize the fact that passion for medicine and sound qualified medical advice are by in large distinctly different. I implore you to consider the possible consequences of your actions in the sense of being legally and ethically liable to unintended and possible grave consequences.
Dr. A. E. Ford
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I understand what your saying & i do apologize for
it i realize what i did was wrong & i shouldn't of been doing it or giving out false information i think the only way to solve this is me not answer any medical questions seeing as i'm not a doctor & i'm not qualified to do so i don't want to get myself in trouble or hurt anyone seeing as i'm not the type of person to cause trouble or hurt others after reading what you've typed i'm actually considering deleting my column i do
realize that my actions have consequences &
like i said i truely do apologize i realize that iv'e made a mistake we all have to learn from our
mistakes & iv'e learned from mine just by what you've written to me it won't happen again i will
either not answer medical questions or delete my
column all together i hope you forgive me
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