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On reflection, I'm somewhat surprised that (apart from somewhat expensive UpToDate) there doesn't seem to be a resource for (not necessarily pediatric) patients comparable to Dr. Spock's books on child rearing. The likes of webmd are watered down (by not differentiating between very different probabilities or very different amounts of evidence various symptoms give). Only thing I can think of as being similarly useful are the NHS guides, but even they could be improved and are focused on explaining particular already-diagnosed injuries, illnesses, and consequences of procedures.

This obviously doesn't really replace a GP, but it could reduce their caseload and improve communications with patients (though this last might be a projection bias of mine).