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staticautomatic • yesterday at 6:12 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

So what? The average joe shouldn't be trying to diagnose people with cancer.


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JPLeRouzic • yesterday at 6:24 PM

Healthcare is more than having medical knowledge.

Ten years ago, in France, two doctors (one in a professional setting and the other during a private consultation) asked me about a wound I had on my shoulder; obviously I couldn't identify what it was, and they offered no suggestions, so I supposed it was not something important.

It took a visit to a cardiologist—for an entirely different reason—for him to suggest that I rapidly consult a dermatologist.

It was a carcinoma, and surgery removed it. If ChatGPT had existed back then, this carcinoma would have been removed several years earlier.

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