Paternalism and the new PubMed syntax

It really annoys me when the computer thinks it knows better than I do what I want. Especially when it is wrong.

Call me a dinosaur, but I don't like the new PubMed syntax. I liked it better when you had to know what you were doing to get the syntax right, and in return, PubMed gave you back what you expected.
Now, you can type in, without quotes:
dialysis[mh]

Which sounds great, until you look at the Search Details, and see that it has actually searched "renal dialysis"[MeSH Terms] OR "dialysis"[MeSH Terms]

Excuse me! That is not what I asked for! If I wanted Renal Dialysis, I would have typed Renal Dialysis. What's the point of looking up the correct term in the MeSH database if they're just going to put in the wrong term anyway?

Now, I know what's happened here. PubMed assumes that, because when most people say dialysis they mean what MeSH calls Renal Dialysis, they're going to do us a favour and add in the thing that they think we really mean. And maybe it will help someone out there. But it's really annoying to those of us who read the scope notes and rejected Renal Dialysis because we really meant Dialysis.

I'm pretty sure that's what's going on because I tried it on a bunch of other examples, and it mostly didn't happen except for one other example where there was another lay term (depression) which usually refers to a different MeSH term (Depressive Disorder) but can also refer to another MeSH term (Depression).

I.e. if you type in depression[mh] it will run instead: "depressive disorder"[MeSH Terms] OR "depression"[MeSH Terms]

So, if you want your MeSH term and only your MeSH term, it's best to go back to the old way and always type in your quotation marks.

"Dialysis"[mh] will give you "Dialysis"[mh]
"Depression"[mh] will give you "Depression"[mh]

Whew! Back to normal. Which just goes to show that it's always better to do things the right way. Because if you pander to the people who want convenience, you're probably going to end up with a lot of unwanted paternalism as well.