[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[Carcharoth]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/5/26  <WJhonson at aol.com>:
>>
>> Actually I think providing dosage information would *avoid* much more harm
>> than it would cause.
>> Most people use books on drugs to check up on their prescriptions and
>> educate themselves.
>> If the doctors mistakenly prescribed 200mg tablets when the standard dosage
>>  is 20mg, then I'm sure you'd want the person to be able to know that.
>
> I would hope the pharmacist that filled the prescription would spot
> something like that. I'm not sure people second guessing their doctors
> will have a net benefit...

Agreed. Imagine second-guessing the *other* way round.

I was more concerned to read that nurses in hospitals were using Wikipedia.

Carcharoth