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DANGEROUS DOCTORS

Doctors may be untrained, unlicensed, incompetent, unethical even criminal, and still be allowed to practice medicine! State government agencies responsible for physician discipline may be weak. If a bad doctor does get caught doing something criminal or unethical to his patients, it seems that he can too often get away with it by simply moving to another state to practice!

There is hardly any way for the public to find out if a doctor has a lawsuit filed against him. Race horses and stockbrokers are fingerprinted, why not doctors? A doctor is not even required to tell you if he has any communicable diseases!

We should put as much effort into shopping around for our doctor as we do for our cars and stereo systems. Remember, no matter if a doctor graduates first in his class or last, he is still called "doctor"!

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCES: NBC-TV DATELINE 6/25/96 CNBC-TV STEALS AND DEALS 3/28/96

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