Reply #19: I know a lot about how doctors work. I would choose the first

[JDPriestly]

one because I know that there is a lot of new information out there based on recent research. Older doctors may not take the time to review the literature before diagnosing and treating their patients. Younger doctors will. Also, a younger doctor is likely to have mentors, older doctors and specialists with whom to consult when facing a difficult problem. Older doctors rely on their knowledge of what worked in the past. Younger doctors are more likely to be curious. It is not a question of age. It is a question of how the doctors were trained to begin with.

The younger doctors studied medicine in the computer age in which there is so much information available, new studies going on all the time. The older doctors studied medicine before the internet and before the research was being done so quickly. Some of the recent research has proved old ideas to be simply wrong.