The biggest injustice is that the layman cannot do medical research for himself because he does not have access to the scholarly journals doctors do due to their price, and so he must be blindly lead in good faith by what his doctors say.
We cannot have patient oriented healthcare like this.
This. I live a few miles away from a major university, and could go to their library to access journals, but this isn't always feasible. I don't even know if, as an alumnus, I can pay them for remote access to the databases.
ReplyDeleteI've had limited luck with google scholar, but a lot of times just the abstract is available, which doesn't give enough info to draw firm conclusions.
After I graduate this semester I have no idea what to do. For IC, ICAhelp.org offers us all the latest research and guidelines, but for anything else it's like walking blind.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love to research, I love the power these databases give me. It may be cost effective just to take one random class you're interested in and receive access? I have no idea the monthly billing amount the medical ones cost, but something I'll discover soon enough.