2010 Medscape Physician Ethics Survey

There was a ditty from Medscape in my Inbox this morning . . . the 2010 Medscape Ethics Survey.  And wonder-of-wonders, I could actually log in to read it.

The ordinary lay reader, of course, cannot.  The white walls, stained with the blood of physicians like me, are still up.

Medscape, of course, is the mouthpiece for corporate medicine that was all over "weeding out" the "disruptive physician" last year . . . without delving into any of the reasons doctors might be labeled "disruptive" in the first place.

In the wake of our clueless leader's healthcare "reform" bill (as opposed to say BEFORE it), now Medscape is investigating doctor's biggest ethical dilemmas . . . particularly reporting an impaired or incompetent physician.

100,000 physicians responded to the survey back in August.  I'm thinking I threw mine in the trash whilst uttering unprintables.

Of course, my story is ALL ABOUT what a LOCAL "non-profit" hospital did to a physician in public service TWELVE YEARS AGO after she did exactly that . . . and how the executives who did her way-beyond-dirty (under the watchful eyes of the town honorables touting small town values) have skated on to planning their phat retirements on-the-public's dime while the doctor who did the right thing by a critically-ill baby had her guts splattered all over the hospital walls and a North Carolina courthouse by a system that just does not care . . . while the state and Federal governments she served sat SILENTLY by.

No folks.  Here in the land of "small-town-values" and "care you can trust", Dr. Mary was stuck with "advocates" like John & Lizzie Edwards and Harold, "I gotta live in this town" Brubaker.  

And then there was Schmidly

How many times have the do-gooding, truth-seeking progressive bloggers hypocrites (especially the blogging journalists) in Greensboro, told me that my story is "not relevant" to anything going on in medicine (or law) today?  That I should get over it and move on?  And that I'm somehow mentally-ill or "stupid" (Hi! Councilman Bell) because I REFUSE to just roll over, and move on, and take what the socially-incestuous leaders of a "dying" town dished out?  That I'm some kind of cyber-bully for staking out a spot in the ether, signing my name, and speaking truth-to-power?

There's a REASON my hometown is dying.  And it's going to take a whole lot more than defining a "brand" to get it back on track.

For how long has N&R Editor, John Robinson, had the Pulitzer-worthy story of a local Pediatrician wading through a smorgasbord of ethical dilemmas without ANY ASSISTANCE from either the government she served - or the regulatory bodies charged to help her - right under his stuck-up nose? 

But JR will tell you he told the stories he could tell.

It's not just a lie, it's a damned lie.

And don't even get me started on Ray Criscoe's Courier Tribune.

In a few days, I'm going to tackle the subject of Asheboro, North Carolina's "brand".

No prisoners will be taken.