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Not so when the patient is a doctor, however. S/he will give a full account of their condition, [[Expospeak|with all the relevant jargon]], even if they're in the middle of collapsing. If they're already in hospital, they will probably be an [[Annoying Patient]], particularly if the other doctors disagree - it's well known that doctors make the worst patients.
See also [[A Fool for
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== [[Fanfic]] ==
* In
* In ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* In
** Although it's not stated or shown in the film itself, there is some probable [[Fridge Logic]] behind this: Scully knew Mulder would call 911, but also knew she wouldn't be conscious by the time the EMTs arrived, so she was trusting in him to repeat everything she said to them.
** Scully also does this in the series with her
* In ''[[Predator
* In ''[[Firefly|Serenity]]'', Simon is shot in the stomach while trying to assess an injury Kaylee has just taken. As Inara tries to stem the blood flow, he dictates the medication he and Kaylee will both need for their respective injuries. Somewhat justified in that Simon is the only trained medical professional on the ship.
== Literature ==
* Dr. Maturin, in the ''[[Aubrey
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Dr Sheldon Hawkes of ''[[CSI: NY]]'', having just been rescued from a nasty underwater incident, tells a paramedic he has "a full range of motion - probably just a hairline fracture".
* ''[[Star Trek:
** During another episode where the entire crew is slowly vanishing and Beverly is the only one who notices, she performs a self diagnostic, mentioning rather tersely that "being the only doctor on board, I had to do it myself."
* In ''[[Firefly]]'' episode "Objects in Space", Simon is shot in the leg. Although he's the only medic on board, Zoe has some battlefield first aid experience. As a result, she has to perform surgery on Simon's leg while he stays conscious enough to talk her through the process.
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'''Simon:''' "You got the bullet. Okay, I'm just going to pass out for a minute, but you're doing great." }}
* ''[[Lost]]'' "Something Nice Back Home," with a twist. Jack knows he has appendicitis, but won't admit it until Juliet calls him on it, at which point he says his appendix hasn't ruptured yet.
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' played with this by having four older doctors all sharing a hospital room. JD is understandably intimidated, but they very kindly inform him of their condition and what's required. [[With Friends Like These...|Then prank him.]]
** Another episode features the "[[Annoying Patient]]" angle. Not only does the doctor in question diagnose himself, he brings along a lackey who automatically agrees with everything he says to try and legitimize his claims that the Sacred Heart doctors should just sign off on the drugs he's prescribed himself and let him go about his merrily arrogant way.
* Obviously, this happens on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' quite a bit.
** In "Three Stories" House prints a graph from his heart monitor, calls a nurse and tells her she has twenty seconds to inject him before he goes into tachycardia. He then crashes ''immediately'', with a surprised "I was wrong..."
** In the Season 4 finale, {{spoiler|Amber gets some of her medical info from Wilson, but quickly puts it all together and figures out for herself that she's doomed.}}
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*** It really, ''really'' doesn't help that the advent of readily-available information on the internet has made self-diagnosing as having Asperger's incredibly popular as an excuse for bad behavior both on and off the internet, as most of the really well-known symptoms make it sound like you're trading the requirement to follow society's rules for a superpower (the fact that most people making this association lack the supposed superpower, ie creative tendencies and high intelligence, is not lost on this troper). Because of this, some people don't even believe Asperger's is a real disorder.
** Self-diagnosing a stroke is considered good practice by most doctors. Since a stroke will almost always knock you out and there are very few, if any, external symptoms, having someone tell the paramedics or doctors that you had a stroke can save them a lot of time, and save your life. FAST is generally the easiest to remember: Face (half of your face just stops working, and it looks weird), Arms (you can't keep your arms level with each other), Speech (you slur your words as if drunk) and Time (it all happens very quickly).
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** Being able to self-diagnosis a heart attack is another big one, as they are almost never as big and dramatic as they look on TV.
** Headache? Stiff neck? Fever? Dislike of bright lights? Get to A&E NOW. People - at least in the UK - are taught this as the symptoms can be sign of meningitis, although they may also be the person having a very bad day. Most TV using meningitis go for the rash-that-won't-vanish-under-a-glass thing, but if you wait for that to appear a. it might not and b. you're often too late by that point.
*** The fact that those are also the symptoms of pretty much any bad hangover can't help. Unexplained bruises are generally par for the course after a heavy night as well...
*** It turns out that stiff neck is the helpful distinguishing symptom. And by stiff neck they really mean it, not the poor approximation that a neck ache tends to be. The test is you attempt to put your chin on your chest. If you can't bend your neck enough to touch your chin to your chest, it's time to seek medical care immediately. Otherwise, it's almost certainly something else less serious.
* It's more than common for mental health professionals to be suffering from mental illness
* While he wasn't the first person to do so, there was an account of a Russian surgeon [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/antarctica-1961-a-soviet-surgeon-has-to-remove-his-own-appendix/72445/ removing his own appendix] while he was stationed in Antarctica.
* This isn't necessarily limited to the medical profession, either. Professional IT helpdesk workers often have less trouble dealing with complete novices than with people just knowledgeable enough to have made some attempt to diagnose the fault themselves, as the helpdesk people usually have a checklist that they ''have'' to follow to the letter and can't simply take the user's word for it if they say they've already tried that, not least because the self-taught user's self-diagnosis isn't as informed as they'd like to think.
* Alan Alda, hilariously. He reveals in his memoirs that he had intestinal problems while visiting in Chile, and the doctor tried to explain to him what was happening. Alda crisply explained that he knew what was going on and what the treatment was. The young doctor was dumbfounded, and wondered how Alda could possibly know that. Alda explains that he isn't a doctor, [[But I Play One
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