Guest guest Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Some of you might be interested to learn that in Sicko, praises Britain's NHS for their new system, in which doctors are paid more if they can get their patients to quit smoking, lower their blood pressure, and if they can persuade their patients to undergo mental health screenings. Interesting, huh? The documentary not only implicitly furthers the cause of psychiatry, it barely comments on Big Pharma. Instead, it centres heavily on HMOs- which of course, do need to be dealt with. I was appalled at how tacitly pushed mental health screening through the interview with a doctor on the NHS and wonder if anyone else has any comments about this. Jasmine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Some of you might be interested to learn that in Sicko, praises Britain's NHS for their new system, in which doctors are paid more if they can get their patients to quit smoking, lower their blood pressure, and if they can persuade their patients to undergo mental health screenings. Interesting, huh? The documentary not only implicitly furthers the cause of psychiatry, it barely comments on Big Pharma. Instead, it centres heavily on HMOs- which of course, do need to be dealt with. I was appalled at how tacitly pushed mental health screening through the interview with a doctor on the NHS and wonder if anyone else has any comments about this. Jasmine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Some of you might be interested to learn that in Sicko, praises Britain's NHS for their new system, in which doctors are paid more if they can get their patients to quit smoking, lower their blood pressure, and if they can persuade their patients to undergo mental health screenings. Interesting, huh? The documentary not only implicitly furthers the cause of psychiatry, it barely comments on Big Pharma. Instead, it centres heavily on HMOs- which of course, do need to be dealt with. I was appalled at how tacitly pushed mental health screening through the interview with a doctor on the NHS and wonder if anyone else has any comments about this. Jasmine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Some of you might be interested to learn that in Sicko, praises Britain's NHS for their new system, in which doctors are paid more if they can get their patients to quit smoking, lower their blood pressure, and if they can persuade their patients to undergo mental health screenings. Interesting, huh? The documentary not only implicitly furthers the cause of psychiatry, it barely comments on Big Pharma. Instead, it centres heavily on HMOs- which of course, do need to be dealt with. I was appalled at how tacitly pushed mental health screening through the interview with a doctor on the NHS and wonder if anyone else has any comments about this. Jasmine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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