Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Doctors advertising


Ran into this site from an outfit named "vitals" that rates Doctors based on patient feedback.  Sort of like a Yelp except for something important.   In this case it was Oncologists,  You know, cancer docs that you see when faced with imminent death.  Do you suppose dead patients will give out bad rankings?  Do you suppose people who just got lucky and survived will be more likely to give a good ranking?  The whole thing stinks.  I've noticed even TV ads for the "Cancer Center" in Arizona with nice looking rooms and happy people and hope for anyone stupid enough to give them a bunch on cash.  Sort of like the Malibu based "recovery center" where you can spend a weekend and get rid of all your problems.   This whole medical advertising thing is very very wrong.  It depends on stupid people, like the ones who watch TV all day, which is where these ads often are to fork over their bucks to the charlatans and they will get nothing in return.  Except occasionally someone will recover and then we can hear all about it.

BTW, why is my spell checker offering centre?  Didn't we win that war and kick out the Brits? 

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