U.K. Doctors Could Soon Face Action over "Misleading" Social Media Posts

[Father Heathen]

Well I'm sure people won't go back to that doctor anymore. Reputation is far more effective than declaration.

But the damage will have already been done, son.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Alas, their bad reputations took too long to become known.
One, Dr Anderson died of old age before becaming notorious.

That's the point. If you know nothing about it there's really no point in thinking people ought to know until the information surfaces.

I think of it as the Bill Cosby Syndrome. He's a great guy until the curtain falls.

 

[Revoltingest]

But the damage will have already been done, son.

We should note that professional licenses come
with conditions. When I was a licensed real estate
broker, I legally couldn't say/write anything that
violated fair housing laws, misled people, etc.
Doctors would be subject to much the same thing.

 

[Twilight Hue]

But the damage will have already been done, son.

Does that mean doctor's need to be pre vilified then on a basis of what if? Just in case?

 

[Revoltingest]

That's the point. If you know nothing about it there's really no point in thinking people ought to know until the information surfaces.

I think of it as the Bill Cosby Syndrome. He's a great guy until the curtain falls.

It points to better monitoring of complaints
against physicians. Too often, universities,
hospitals, FBI, etc ignore initial & even
recurring complaints.
Survivors of abuse by Larry Nassar target FBI for mishandling their case

 

[Wildswanderer]

In matters of health probably. But some do it because they can not afford mainstream medicines. And the do not have access to a universal health service. In the UK people who use folk medicine are few and far between. And are thought pretty odd.

The UK is fast becoming a dictatorship from what I've seen...we understand that you think free thinking individuals are odd. That's why we left england, you know.

 

[Father Heathen]

Does that mean doctor's need to be pre vilified then on a basis of what if? Just in case?

No, it means that those in their profession, because they hold the lives and well being of others in their hands, should be held to professional standards and expectations.

 

[Father Heathen]

The UK is fast becoming a dictatorship from what I've seen...we understand that you think free thinking individuals are odd. That's why we left england, you know.

Yep, the puritans were exemplar free thinkers.

 

[Wildswanderer]

Yep, the puritans were exemplar free thinkers.

In a sense, yes. If you don't want your beliefs censored by your government, that's free thinking.

 

[Twilight Hue]

No, it means that those in their profession, because they hold the lives and well being of others in their hands, should be held to professional standards and expectations.

And who actually does the deciding and how are they themselves held accountable for those decisions?

 

[Father Heathen]

And who actually does the deciding and how are they themselves held accountable for those decisions?

State medical boards.

So you would be comfortable with medical practice without accredited schooling and licensing?

 

[Twilight Hue]

State medical boards.

So you would be comfortable with medical practice without accredited schooling and licensing?

Sure but I would think people would quickly identify such as the case and avoid it.

Problem is, even medical boards can and do become corrupt themselves defeating the orginal reason they were put up in the first place.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

And who actually does the deciding and how are they themselves held accountable for those decisions?

The are held accountable both by the law and by their own peers.
Any doctor can appeal a decision both of the general medical council and through the courts.
The council is not a fixed body, but the members are elected by their fellow doctors.

By and large the government of the day has no input. But I am sure it makes its opinions known from time to time, just like many other interested parties will. Including purveyors of alternative medicine.

 

[SkepticThinker]

If you don't know, you don't know.[
Lots of herbal remedies are far better than the crap pills we are told to buy for every tiny ailment, usually with 150 possible side effects.

If you don't know, then you don't know, and you can't claim that "lots of herbal remedies are far better" than actual medicine.

Ya know, "herbal remedies" have side effects too. Anything you put into your body has the potential for side effects. The worse part of these is that people hock them without any actual demonstration that they do what they're claimed to do. The herbal remedy business is a multi-billion dollar industry as well and it's got a lot of hucksters.

 

[SkepticThinker]

Vaccine side effects by the thousands, perhaps millions.

Such as?

 

[SkepticThinker]

Ah, so if something works, it doesn't actually work unless the doctor approved it?
All the proof I need is seeing home remedies work when doctors were useless.

What proof? How did you determine these home remedies work? Where can I see some studies?

 

[Wildswanderer]

What proof? How did you determine these home remedies work? Where can I see some studies?

By seeing my wife go through a whole series of tests that told us nothing and then finding a simple home remedy for the problem.
This seems to be a common theme actually. It makes one wonder if the goal is really to get people well or just to make money off thier illnesses.

 

[Wildswanderer]

Such as?

It's a long list.

 

[Wildswanderer]

If you don't know, then you don't know, and you can't claim that "lots of herbal remedies are far better" than actual medicine.

They are actual medicine.

 

[SkepticThinker]

By seeing my wife go through a whole series of tests that told us nothing and then finding a simple home remedy for the problem.
This seems to be a common theme actually. It makes one wonder if the goal is really to get people well or just to make money off thier illnesses.

I'm sorry but that's not proof. That's an anecdote.