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... Then I realized, what if we made a website that, for a change, kept a list of doctors and dentists known to be averse to prescribing pain meds for serious pain? I mean really put the sadistic bastards on the map for all to see, hang 'em out like the evil corporate-line-towing self-involved, shaking and scared little prikcs they are?
I am sure there's some legality issues that need looked at, but as far as I can tell, telling about one's experience only, and without resorting to namecalling (I mean, we can right here in this thread, thank goodness!) and labelling, is perfectly legal and cannot constitute libel.
What I mean is, you can legally call a doctor an insensitive bastard, but you cannot call him incompetent or a quack. But you can still get the message across.
Especially if this website, this grid, this database, whatever it is, is updated, mirrored all over the place, and above all, a result of the collaboration of hundreds of anonymous, disappointed patients who want to protect their fellow sufferers?
What's say? My future website, painrights.com is still unused and waiting for content, but, as you may suspect, I feel like &^&^, so after I post here I generally don't feel like web designing. Maybe tomorrow, eh? cheerio Rednicz
I think you need to read up more on libel. You sure can be sued for posting that a doctor is a "incompetent bastard." It's certainly defamatory. How could you prove that it's true?
Also, without naming names, i can say without fear that probably most doctors are incompetent bastards ... and many here will agree. So why not make it easier and try to find the smaller number of GOOD doctors and have stories posted about them that are positive? If you do it right, it will benefit both the doctors and their potential patients. But if you focus on naming the "easy scribers" of PKs, you'll just end up getting the DEA on them. If you focus only on the quality of care, then it wouldn't be a risk for them.
Trampy
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