Tuesday, July 1, 2008

41 secrets your doctor would never share...

both good and bad aspects are there in the three pages @ the site: a visit is recommended to read through the complete article...
clipped from www.rd.com

Shocking Stats

60% of doctors don't follow hand-washing
guidelines.

Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report


96% of doctors agree they should report impaired or
incompetent colleagues or those who make serious mistakes, but ...


46% of them admit to having turned a blind eye at least
once.

Source: Annals of Internal Medicine


94% of doctors have accepted some kind of freebie from a
drug company.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine


44% of doctors admit they're overweight.

Source: Nutrition & Food Science; Minnesota Medicine


58% would give adolescents contraceptives without parental
consent.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

Anatomy of a Doctor's Bill
Just how much of the $100 your doctor charges for taking 30 minutes to
investigate your stomach pain goes into his pocket? After paying the bills, he
gets less than half. The breakdown, according to Robert Lowes, senior editor at
Medical Economics
From Reader's Digest - July 2008
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