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Doctors Silencing Online Patient Reviews Via Contract

Posted by timothy on from the that's-one-view-of-the-1st-amendment dept.

Condiment writes "Next time you're sick, take five and actually read the pile of contracts your doctor dumps on your lap, because it's becoming more and more likely that your doctors are banning patients from posting reviews on the Web. You heard that right: as a prerequisite to receiving medical care, patients are in many cases required to sign away their First Amendment rights!"

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  1. According to my business law prof... by imemyself · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This was actually brought up my commercial law class this morning. Our professor's opinion was that it was probably legal if just a few doctors were doing it. But, if all doctors in an area were doing it and it was not possible to obtain medical care without agreeing to this, it's possible that courts may not recognize the contract, because it was a "contract of adhesion".

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  2. Re:First Amendment by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Please stop claiming First Amendment rights when the government is not involved.

    No, and I'm not going to stop until the government passes a law saying I can't. :P

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  3. Re:non-issue by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Dude, been there, done that, except for the getting fired part.

    Had a guy go off one time on the phone about Clinton's "cigar" and "I didn't have sexual relations" thing when I was on the phone with him. He asked me my opinion and I said I didn't really care, as his getting (or not getting) some nookie didn't have anything to do with the state of the country. He got really irritated that I thought that (should have said I have no opinion, in hindsight) and then started lambasting democrats, Clinton, etc, complete with f-bombs and all that. I just hung up on him. Not because I'm a Clinton apologist, but because I didn't care.

    When they asked me about it, I said I accidentally hit the release button on my headset. They wanted to punish me for pissing off the customer, but since they couldn't prove the hangup was intentional, they couldn't. Win-win. I got to hang up on a butthead and received no punishment for it. (I quit that company not long after that) :)

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