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"You would be surprised how many physicians out there have certain ways of treating conditions that are not in line with the literature, but are based on 1 or 2 cases that went bad (or very good) for them in the past and they changed their practice patterns based on this."
That's not only surpising (to me) but downright scary. Don't MD's study the scientific method and statistics during the 20 or so years they spend in school? I would also periodically (every 4 yrs or so) test EVERY MD on how up to date they are with the latest literature in their field of specialty and medicine in general. Only then they should remain certified to give life/death advice.
To continue your MD analogy, the same way every MD doesn't give out copies to patients of all scientific papers that made him give his recommendation, Porsche engineers don't include all their lab results, equations, and tests in the Porsche manual.
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