# lindsaybluth, please provide a cite **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 30, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsaybluth-please-provide-a-cite/576575 "2011-03-30T23:12:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 382
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsaybluth-please-provide-a-cite/576575/382 "2011-04-05T01:36:54Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Yeah, the whole “I know lots about doctors that you probably don’t have a clue about” part was especially funny to me, considering I work closely with about 60 physicians during the scope of my work (not as any of their children, I might add). But yeah, nobody knows as much about doctors as **lindsay**. I was searching **lindsay** ’s posting history, and I came across this one about patients diagnosing themselves: > [@Doctors: Patients Diagnosing Themselves w/ da Interwebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-patients-diagnosing-themselves-w-da-interwebs/537683/23): > > IANAD. I have four in my immediate family, however, including my two parents. I always go in armed with information; usually once the PA (physician’s assistant) or the doc expresses concern for my knowledge, I let them know my background and such. [The doctor] went pale when I told him about working in a physician’s office for years and my own immediate family. > I’m far more skeptical than the average patient, but I think he appreciates it because he knows he has a very compliant patient who will provide accurate feedback on various prescriptions and therapies. Wow. I have to confess something - my Dad is a doctor too (notice how that’s never come up on the board before), and it has literally never crossed my mind to inform my doctors about that nugget of information. Who knew that the mere knowledge of my father’s profession would cause a medical professional to panic and turn ashen. Maybe I should try telling doctors about my family in the future. That way they’ll know that they have an intelligent skeptic on their hands, rather than one of those mouth-breathing moronic children of _non-doctors_. My, she must be a treat in real life. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsaybluth-please-provide-a-cite/576575)._