When it comes to chronic cases I would think that the outcomes are more measurable. For example treatment of diabetes or Lyme's disease. Word of mouth, both from patients and other doctors, the internet etc. will work relatively well depending on one's ability to separate wheat from chaff.
Any physicians reading this - feel free to contact me, I'm looking for physicians for the long term for my own chronic, but relatively minor health problems. I find the average physician some what mechanical on how they approach a health condition and sometime (1)dismissive of my concerns/views. Since I'm somewhat inclined to dig into details of a health condition, I read up things on the internet and that means I may be more likely to question a doctor's recommendations.
(1)= I fully understand why they would normally do it. One certainly cannot entertain a patient who forms an opinion based on the first few articles that they read up on the web, which is what I presume most people do.
Any physicians reading this - feel free to contact me, I'm looking for physicians for the long term for my own chronic, but relatively minor health problems. I find the average physician some what mechanical on how they approach a health condition and sometime (1)dismissive of my concerns/views. Since I'm somewhat inclined to dig into details of a health condition, I read up things on the internet and that means I may be more likely to question a doctor's recommendations.
(1)= I fully understand why they would normally do it. One certainly cannot entertain a patient who forms an opinion based on the first few articles that they read up on the web, which is what I presume most people do.