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Response rates from 2.4k Canada voters.

53%
Yes
47%
No
46%
Yes
28%
No
5%
Yes, this will decrease the amount of misinformation patients receive
9%
No, but the doctors should be required to disclose that the advice contradicts contemporary scientific consensus
2%
Yes, and the doctors should also lose their medical license
6%
No, only when the advice was proven to harm the patient
3%
No, scientific consensus can quickly change and patients should be allowed to try unconventional ideas

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Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @B257KZLfrom Manitoba  answered…5 days5D

If it is completely false and could harm the patient then definetely less but if it doesn't and it was accident then NO Way

 @9VRCJWVanswered…2mos2MO

Some doctors have their own way of thinking about what kind of treatment is the best. It has always been a tradition to follow the ancient way of curing the patient's health. As technology advances year by year, there are more choices for different treatments. I think the doctors should learn about these treatments so they could be professionals in this field of medicine.

 @9V3ZDKCfrom Saskatchewan  answered…3mos3MO

No, only penalize when there was proven harm to a patient - scientific consensus can quickly change and patients should have the right to be allowed to try ANY unconventional ideas, and doctors should be required to disclose that this advice may contradict at the moment, but regardless patients should have a right to try

 @9RCH3XQfrom Manitoba  answered…5mos5MO

It depends on the situation. If they can prove the health advice was unreasonable and caused harm, then yes, they should penalize those doctors. But if the advice was reasonable and did not cause harm, then the doctor should not be penalized. Particularly with rare diseases, there may not BE any scientific consensus and doctors need to be free to discuss alternative treatment options.

 @9QZGVSTfrom Michigan  answered…5mos5MO

Doctors should be required to disclose that the advice contradicts contemporary scientific consensus, and only be penalized if the advice was proven to harm the patient.

 @9QQKXVQanswered…6mos6MO

If they say something that can cause danger to the patient then they should be penalised but the overall consensus isn't always correct and if they feel that they have proper medical experience on why they think this health advice is true and actually helps the patient it shouldn't. It also depends on how big of a consensus they are going against.

 @9H64585answered…1yr1Y

I am unsure as there is a lot of mix ups and constantly changing information as well as weaponisation of science to push agendas

 @9G9M53Lfrom Ontario  answered…1yr1Y

yes, but only if they are penalizing the patient for not following. also if they are doing so in their own office.