have you ever had a Dr diagnose you from a video?

Question

a la' Terri Schiavo / Bill Frist.... would you get a 2nd opinion?

Answer 1

I am a physician and such a diagnosis is impossible by video. There are too many minor observations that others don't comprehend that enters into a physician's train of logic that leads to a diagnosis...this is called physical diagnosis...a hands on approach. However such a diagnosis could be made for psychiatric patients but not a person suffering from a more clinical illness.

Answer 2

You'd better believe it. Video, internet, phone... none of it matches being in-person. For a diagnoses or even for an intimate conversation about something.