The real disruption is in giving power to the patient not the doctor. I want that power. I check online resources all the time about every sign and symptom I get, about every drug and medicine and about all procedures in order to avoid visits at all cost, only for surgery, only as last resource.
Yes, self-medication is wrong, right now is wrong, and there exactly is the disruption. Give information to the patients as a first line of defense, then let doctors handle the special cases.
This is a hard one.. you want a cautious doctor but at the same time you need someone who will order the test when necessary and is not overworked. The balance is in self advocating and not crying wolf. That is the problem AI needs to solve.
Yes, self-medication is wrong, right now is wrong, and there exactly is the disruption. Give information to the patients as a first line of defense, then let doctors handle the special cases.