That's some elegant rhetoric and ideology but it doesn't address the reality of the situation. The evidence that I see says that this has been a practice for a

That's some elegant rhetoric and ideology but it doesn't address the reality of the situation. The evidence that I see says that this has been a practice for at least five years, and according to the Boston Globe[2] one reason for this is that doctors feel like the conversation is one-sided, as they are legally forbidden from saying much about their patients. 1] http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/doctors-force-patien.html http://boingboing.net/2009/03/05/doctors-force-patien.html 2] http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/03/30/surgeon-suit-over-criticism-posted-online-patient-husband-part-wave-such-claims/TLAp5DOMpZISPevfLL6B1I/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/03...