LurkerJ said:
The article provides some valid counter points, some invalid ones, and completely ignores one of the most startling and bizzare incident the doctor commented on. Here is my take: (bits taken from the article are bolded)
"That doesn't mean he's incapable of recognizing symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but consider this: If your primary care doctor suspected you had Parkinson's and wished to refer you to a specialist to confirm the diagnosis, it would be to a neurologist, not an anesthesiologist."
First of all, he says this at the beginning of the video "I can't claim that what I'm about to tell you is a conclusive diagnosis.", he is not DIAGNOSING her, he is commenting on some of her most bizzare incidents. Maybe he isn't picky with words and not as careful as he should've been as he goes on explaining his arguments, but he did tell us from the very beginning, he's not diagnosing her.
To the second point, being an anesthesiologist doesn't mean you CAN'T DIAGNOSE a patient or notice the symptoms. Do I really have to go to an internist to be diagnosed with hypertension? No, many doctors can do that. When a common disease is that common, it becomes highly tested and heavily discussed in medical books and exams. Especially in the US, they might not have the best health care system but it's one of hardest places to get a medical degree. Rigorous testing and training on medical conditions that includes common diseases like Parkinson.
Finally, I can't stress enough, he said this: "I can't claim that what I'm about to tell you is a conclusive diagnosis."
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"2. Dr. Noel has never conducted a medical examination of the patient (Hillary Clinton) he purports to diagnose."
Is what he doing ethical? Of course not.
Is what he doing politcally motivated? Obviously, yes.
If you see someone coughing and wheezing and getting an obvious asthmatic attack, will you not say to yourself "this guy person probably has asthma"?
If you see a heavy smoker coughing constantly, would it be out of this world to suggest he has chronic bronchitis without examining him?
If some doctor sees someone in the strees walking with a rash on his skin, the doctor will get ideas about what's going on with that person. Is the doctor gonna walk up to that person with a rash and conduct a medical exam? Of course not. Can the doctor think of possible causes for the rash without medically examinning the patient? YES, but he can't claim a diagnosis, he can list possible causes in his head and move on. If that person comes to his clinic one day, he will examine him and build on that list of causes he came up to earlier.
This is what the doctor in the youtube video said, what's he seeing SUGGESTS a possible case of Parkinson. He can't confirm it.
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