On Jun 18, 5:40=C2=A0pm, Raymond <Bluerhy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jun 18, 5:04=EF=BF=BDpm, Jerry Kraus <jkraus_1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On Jun 18, 3:53=EF=BF=BDpm, Raymond <Bluerhy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > 'The person most likely to kill you is not a relative or a friend,
or
> > > a mugger or a burglar or a drunken driver. The person most likely to
> > > kill you is your doctor."
> > > =EF=BF=BD (Vernon Coleman) =EF=BF=BDauthor, =EF=BF=BDWhat Doctors
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't Tell You
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> > > Let us prey.
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> > > Doctors are the third leading cause of death in the USA every year..
> > > You may be safer in an outdoord shopping market in Baghdad than you
> > > are in an American doctors office or an American hospital..
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> > Yes, I know. =EF=BF=BDThat's one of the many reasons I avoid going to
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he
> > doctor despite the "wonders" of modern "scientific" medicine.
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You
> > know, I really think anyone with inclinations to serial killing should
> > simply go the Medical School. =EF=BF=BDHe/She could kill as many
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as
> > they want to, and get paid big bucks to do it. =EF=BF=BDAlso, he/she
wo=
uldn't
> > have to worry about getting caught. =EF=BF=BDIt's expected.
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st part of the
> > job.
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> > Then again, maybe that's exactly what serial killers with brains do.
> > Could explain some of the doctors I've run into, over the years.
>
> PAGE II
>
> This is the way of the
> New Religion - Medicine.
>
> Doctors are the high priests of this new religion. =C2=A0I call it a
> religion because of the fanatical devotion that people in the West
> give, and are expected to give, to this institution. =C2=A0People are
> expected to consult their doctors before they do anything....from
> taking a walk around the block to putting their children to bed at
> night.
>
> Faith is an essential element in any religion. =C2=A0The religion of
> Medicine is no different. =C2=A0When a person goes to their doctor, they
> must first have faith that their doctor actually is a licensed
> physician. =C2=A0In the past three or four decades, many cases have come
> to light in which the doctor had not even been to medical school and
> had
> still somehow obtained a license. =C2=A0Also, in many cases, doctors who
> have had criminal prosecutions or judgments against them have still
> been able to practice medicine in other states or countries. =C2=A0Very
> few people will go to the trouble to check and make sure that their
> doctor actually went to medical school, obtained a degree, was granted
> a
> license, and has never been prosecuted or convicted of malpractice.
> Most people just take it on faith that this has occurred. =C2=A0Wise up.
>
> Congress knows all about it but the medicine men have the corrupt
> politicians in their greedy pockets.
>
> The "right ... to petition the government" has come a long way in
> over 200 years, and health care organizations are not shy in
> exercising
> it. "Those who are organized, have the most money, the most
> influence,
> the most mobilized member****ps are the ones whose viewpoints are
> being
> most heard."
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 -- Charles Lewis
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Founder, Executive Director, Center for
Publi=
c Integrity,
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 in a speech to the National Press Club, 1994
>
>
http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0208/0208.lobbying.htmlhttp://www.=
unhinderedliving.com/newreligion.html
>
> The Family Doctor: The Worst Offender
> Q. Do we really need these expensive prima donna GPs in the United
> States?
> A. Hell no. We can replace these greedy doctors with well trained
> nurses for many reasons.
>
> Are "General Practitioners" or "GPs" overrated, overpaid and
> overwhelmed with too many patients? Can well trained nurses perform
> the same duties as the GPs and at a much lower cost? After all, the
> GP really does nothing more than attempt to diagnose a patient's
> problem
> and then send him/her on to someone else to fix the problem. The GP
> is simply just the usher or maitre d' for the patient. Until the
> patient
> has been blood tested or x-rayed by someone other than the GP, it is
> strictly guess work for the family doctor who does little that a well
> qualified nurse cannot do for the same patient.
>
> The office nurse has already taken the temperature and blood pressure
> of the patient before the doctor even enters the picture. And a good
> nurse with lots of hospital experience may be better qualified than
> the doctor to advise the patient. Also, the nurse generally knows
> much more about the medications and their interactions with other
> drugs
> than the doctor who relies on what he was told by the pharmacy
> company pimp.
>
> Public opinion about doctors' pay
> CE Ross and J Lauritsen
>
> Public opinion about doctors' incomes was examined in a national
> random =C2=A0sample of 843 respondents; 70.1 per cent of those
questioned
> felt physicians are overpaid. There was a high degree of agreement
> among various groups that physicians are overpaid, but older people
> and Whites were more likely to think so than younger people and other
> ethnic groups. People who believe that the United States is
> characterized by unequal educational op****tunity, unfair income
> distribution, and limited resources were also more likely to think
> physicians are overpaid.
>
> Recent polls now show that the public now has more faith in lawyers
> than in American doctors.
>
> Especially the GPs
>
> NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
> =C2=A0Many Patients Prefer Nurses To Doctors
> =C2=A0Daily Policy Digest
> =C2=A0Health Issues / Medical Personnel
>
> Since the days of Florence Nightingale, there has been a debate over
> which medical tasks a nurse should perform. Trained nurse
> practitioners offer primary care that appears to be just as good as
> what doctors can provide, say researchers. Findings: Nurses spent more
> time with patients.
> Nurses conducted more tests. Patients did no better or worse when they
> saw a nurse instead of a doctor. However, patients treated by nurses
> were more satisfied with their care.
>
> Nurses cannot completely replace doctors; but for patients wi****ng
> same-day medical care nurse practitioners provide a very good
> standard
> of care, according to study.
>
> The American Medical Association opposes independent practice by
> nurse practitioners, although it recommends that doctors work in
> close
> collaboration with them. The AMA's president-elect, Yank D. Coble
> Jr., said a British study fails to account for the fact that most
> primary-
> care patients aren't very sick. Coble says nurses simply don't have
> the rigorous scientific background needed for subtle or complex
> illnesses.
>
> However, nurse practitioner advocates point out that not every
> physician is trained in every disease. General practitioners routinely
> refer patients to physicians with specialized knowledge; nurse
> practitioners could easily do likewise.
>
> Source: Daniel DeNoon, "Many Patients Prefer Nurses to Doctors,"
> WebMD,
>
> April 4, 2002; Sue Horrocks, Elizabeth Anderson, and Chris Salisbury,
> "Systematic Review of Whether Nurse Practitioners Working in Primary
> Care Can Provide Equivalent Care to Doctors," British Medical
> Journal,
> April 6, 2002.
> 12770 Coit Rd., Suite 800 - Dallas, TX 75251-1339 - 972/386-6272 -
> Fax
> 972/386-0924
> 601 Pennsylvania Ave. ...
>
> For text Medical Personnelhttp://www.ncpa.org/iss/hea/
>
> Objective: To determine whether nurse practitioners can provide care
> at first point of contact equivalent to doctors in a primary care
> setting.
>
> Conclusion: Increasing availability of nurse practitioners in primary
> care is likely to lead to high levels of patient satisfaction and
> high quality
care.http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/324/7341/81=
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> No other profession is as corrupt and dangerous as the medical
> industry.
>
> We are blackmailed by the family doctor. I decided that I should see a
> urologist to check my prostate. However, I could not make an
> appointment until I had my family doctor refer me to the urologist. I
> called and asked for the referal and was told by the palace guard on
> the other end of the phone that the doctor wanted me to come in and
> discuss it with him. The visit would be $75.00 just to have his
> appointment secretary call the urologist.
>
> Only the doctor can get you entered into a hospital and release you
> And only the doctor can write a prescription even though his nusre
> probably knows more about the drug than her boss does.
>
> All he knows is about the drug is what the pimp from the pharmcutical
> company told him. And, if you know any of these pimps personally ask
> them what they have to do for the doctors to get them to use his
> product. I recently talked to a friend of mine who pimps for a large
> company and he told me that he had to buy a certain local doctor a set
> of expensive golf clubs or the whore doctor would refuse to see him on
> further visits.
>
> Talk about Gangsters in Medicine..OY VAY
>
> L'Shalom
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