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Patient sues dentist over gag order, gets Medical Justice to backtrack

110 点作者 binarybits超过 13 年前

10 条评论

Newgy超过 13 年前
This guy Lee, who fought back, is a hero to me. Everyone benefits when someone takes on systemic abuses of law and power. Bravo!
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Judson超过 13 年前
Does anyone know if their are any positive merits to Medical Justice?<p>I always (possibly wrongly) assumed these agreements were an attempt by doctors to "level the playing field" since they would be unable to counter any negative feedback by a patient due to HIPAA.<p>Seems like the wrong solution to me, but I can see why doctors think they are protecting themselves from phoney reviews.
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jrockway超过 13 年前
This seems like an easy problem to solve. Copyright covers the wording of the communication; it doesn't cover the ideas conveyed. Facts cannot be copyrighted. That means you can tell someone that didn't sign one of these contracts your experience with the dentist, and they can write it up on the review site for you. The dentist won't own that work and will have no grounds to claim that the author infringed his copyright.<p>By analogy, this is like saying "The Simpsons is a TV show about a guy named Homer." Although it would be illegal for me to give you a verbatim copy of every Simpsons episode, it's not illegal for me to tell you what happens in each.<p>A nondisclosure agreement might be more effective, but still wouldn't allow a bad review to be taken down by a DMCA claim. The dentist would have to go to a real court for that to happen, and I doubt a real court (or medical ethics board) would be too pleased about a contract prohibiting a patient to talk about his doctor.<p>Ironically, my orthodontist was considering a contract like this, but I talked some sense into him and it seems like he's not going to go through with it. And no, I wouldn't sign it; there are hundreds of other orthodontists in Chicago.
VladRussian超过 13 年前
yep, toothache would make you sign anything on the spot (met the situation several years ago, though it wasn't copyright agreement situation).
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drcube超过 13 年前
How do they figure a review someone posts on the internet is under copyright by the party being reviewed? That point baffles me, and I'm used to copyright making no sense.
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JadeNB超过 13 年前
OK, OK, it's not Reddit, I know … but, amidst all the serious discussion of this serious story, are we really not going to make even a single comment on the linguistic incongruity of a gag order from a dentist? No "I'm usually just told to 'spit'"? Then this is a sadder discussion.
umarmung超过 13 年前
I don't think I've ever seen such a flagrant abuse of fiduciary duty before!<p>I thought bankers were the untrustworthy ones. Now potentially your own dentist/doctor...?
logjam超过 13 年前
I'm a physician. I'd never heard of "Medical Justice" before this story. I'm going to notify my own state Board of Medical Examiners about these kinds of gag "contracts", which in my opinion are completely unethical, if not downright slimy. Medical boards should get involved in investigating dentists and physicians who behave like this, and in taking a closer look at a company who would go after patients like this. I recommend others consider contacting their own state Board.
georgieporgie超过 13 年前
On a vaguely related note, I've been somewhat bothered by some television ads I've seen for reputation.com. Example:<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/30825306" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/30825306</a><p>"Reputation.com helps you set the record state, by monitoring and managing (!) your online reviews. And repairing your online reputation if you've been attacked, by pushing down (!) false or misleading search results with truthful, positive material, putting you in control (!) of your image online." (exclamation points reflect my level of shock)
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pavel_lishin超过 13 年前
Could have sworn this said "medieval justice".