Debate: Are Medical Websites Healthful?
Does the internet add to patients' knowledge, or dangerously misinform them?

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: The patients and their family know when there is something wrong even though doctors know a lot.
Warrant 0: medical websites cause patients to think they know more than the doctors
Warrant 1: medical websites allow patients to learn more without the doctors
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: There are cases where internet research on medical websites improved condition or saved lives.
Warrant 0: there are also many more cases where internet research has put people in danger
Warrant 1: there are very few cases where internet research has put people in danger
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: It is good to be informed about your health.
Warrant 0: these websites can often be easy to understand and lead to a informed diagnosis for someone
Warrant 1: these websites can often be confusing and lead to a misinformed diagnosis for someone
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: A search on a medical site could get early treatment.
Warrant 0: a person could easily correctly self diagnose and then seek the right treatment
Warrant 1: a person could incorrectly self diagnose and then seek the wrong treatment
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: Patients know their body, but have limited doctor access.
Warrant 0: patients often take the knowledge they gain on the website as comprehensive and don't get checked out by a doctor when they are able
Warrant 1: patients often take the knowledge they gain on the website as comprehensive but get checked out by a doctor when they are able
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: Internet can help with diagnosis.
Warrant 0: the patient can skip the doctor all together and save time
Warrant 1: the patient cannot skip the doctor all together
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: You can't go to the doctor for every little thing so websites help figure out when you need to call the doctor.
Warrant 0: people will incorrectly self diagnose
Warrant 1: people will correctly self diagnose
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: I was able to do considerable research on the cancer I was diagnosed with on my own, and my oncologist respected my knowledge and worked with me.
Warrant 0: a patient may in fact research a strain of illness not related to their own and their oncologist may not be able to convince them of this
Warrant 1: a patient will not research a strain of illness not related to their own and their oncologist will be able to convince them of this
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Medical websites are healthful
Reason: I wouldn't know about my illness without medical websites.
Warrant 0: I mis-diagnosed my illness
Warrant 1: I diagnosed my illness
Correct warrant: 0