This makes sense though due to the amount of information available and developments that are occurring in healthcare almost daily. Doctors are already pretty maxxed out in the family practice side of things and reading journals these days has to be an even bigger chore.
Just due to the the fact of the vast areas of information, the physician may have missed 
something as nobody out there is on top of everything today, so seeing something and asking your physician about it is not a bad idea, as it could be useful as well. Healthcare has changed today to being more of a working partnership with both parties asking questions and sharing information. The web has changed this and in the past, the physicians were pretty much our sole source of information, but no more. BD
Nearly four out of 10 adults have doubted a medical professional’s opinion or diagnosis because it conflicted with information they found online, according to a report from Envisions Solutions, a health care consulting firm. The younger the health care consumer, the more likely they are to be skeptical of their care providers.
Forty-three percent of patients aged 18 to 34 have doubted their medical providers opinions due to a contradiction with online information, while only 27 percent of respondents aged 65 and older have done so. Overall, 38 percent said they’ve experienced doubts after their providers’ opinion conflicted with information they’d read online, the report says.
Online research: Doubting their doctors - - Medical Economics
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