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Old 02-26-2017, 07:48 PM   #8
orthodoc
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Exactly. The doc is evaluated on those surveys; keeping your job, your ability to pay the rent and send your kids to school, depends on making your patients happy. What if they want stuff that isn't helpful, or even harmful? They know they can get you fired if you don't fall in with their wishes.

The people who decide what medical decisions are made are not sitting in the exam room. They don't know, and don't give a damn, what the right thing is, medically. They are bean-counters who make the business go. Patients are fooled into thinking that by bullying their docs into doing what they want, they are empowered. But they're just feeding the business.
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