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Originally Posted by Dubious
In fact, my PCP told me he never looked at skeletal x-rays that he ordered; he didn't know how to read them. Scary...
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A lot, if not most, PCPs don't, and for good reason. Like yours, a lot of them wouldn't know what they were looking at. How many are they likely to see in a year when the bulk of their practice is (figuratively) sore throats, maintenance prescriptions and referrals? Most PCPs don't have a fraction of the experience that dedicated (full-time) radiologists (the people who interpret x-rays) have. PCPs go by the radiologist's report, which they
do read.
What would scare me is a PCP who disregarded a report from a full-time radiologist. Second opinions are fine/great, but I'd still want one from another radiologist...
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