Chapter 9

I really liked this chapter in the PL about science being a voice of authority and I think Chris' presentation helped to reiterate that we shouldn't always trust science, but that we have to be smart visual interpreters and decide if the information we are presented is accurate. I would agree that medical information is still guarded but I think we will see a change in this in the near future. More information is available to the public as far as conducting research or diagnosing symptoms, wheras before this information was reserved for medical journals or reference books in the library. I think people are beginning to realize that we have to make informed decisions about our health, that medical information shouldn't be privleged, and we have a right to choose what medications we want to ingest.