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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Jun 2019

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Jonathan Howard

    Yes. Basically, if you push back hard against nonsense or are even the slightest bit sarcastic on social media, they will oh-so-self-righteously and condescendingly opine that—tsk, tsk—you must have a horrible bedside manner and that they "feel sorry" for your patients. 1/https://twitter.com/JHowardBrainMD/status/1135175890206433280 …

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    Jonathan Howard @JHowardBrainMD
    Replying to @yurilev77 @gorskon and 3 others
    Is it some internet rule that anytime anyone disagrees with a doc they have so say “I feel sorry for your patients.”
    6:41 AM - 2 Jun 2019
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    • Marcx Tullix Cicero L. Tock Robert White, GISP Jan Elizabeth Bell Rogue Bot Mom ✍🏻Ginger, a Australian Woman. Not quiet, usually Dan Freedman, DO
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      2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Jun 2019

        It's as if they don't understand context-specific behavior and language. Apparently they think that when I'm with a patient asking about a quack cancer treatment I berate them and rant about quacks. 2/

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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Jun 2019

        In reality, I never do that. I will give my honest opinion and I will call quackery for what it is, but in a hopefully respectful, matter-of-fact manner, with lay-friendly reasons. 3/

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      4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Jun 2019

        My readers might be surprised to learn that I take a pragmatic approach to patients insisting on some form of quackery. Do the science-based treatment, I advise them, and whatever else you do I won't object as long as it isn't harmful. But tell us what it is. 4/

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      5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 2 Jun 2019

        In any event, the whole "I feel sorry for your patients" bit is such an obviously disingenuous bit of posturing that it should insult your intelligence. Social media and patient interactions are too very different contexts, and context matters. 5/5

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      1. Robert White, GISP‏ @K0RCW 2 Jun 2019
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        If I were your patient, I'd feel grateful. Pseudoscience makes me crazy.

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