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- Title
"I HATE MY DOCTOR": REPUTATION, DEFAMATION, AND PHYSICIAN-REVIEW WEBSITES.
- Authors
Lee, Sean D.
- Abstract
In the article, the author discuses physician review websites and how defamation law and gag contracts had been used by physicians to restrict patients from commenting on physician review websites in the U.S. He mentions that physicians believe that patients lacks specialized medical knowledge to comment objectively on health related matters. He also states that use of defamation law and gag contracts by physicians adversely affects patients confidence.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; WEBSITES; LIBEL &; slander; GAG orders (Law)
- Publication
Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, 2013, Vol 23, Issue 2, p573
- ISSN
0748-383X
- Publication type
Article