Who said this? Why, none other than Robert Lindeman (aka Flea). I hope that he’s doing well.
Canada’s National Review of Medicine writes on the medical blogging phenomenon:
“No wonder when doctors write, they write namby-pamby noncommittal crap,” says Dr Lindeman, “it might get you in trouble someday.” His advice? “Don’t blog anonymously. For physicians, writing is dangerous. There is something really messed up about that.”Despite the dangers, you can minimize your risk. Don’t discuss real patient cases, include a disclaimer to make clear that your writing shouldn’t be misconstrued as medical advice, and, suggests a humbled Dr Lindeman, don’t write about your trial.
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Plenty of medical bloggers are writing anything but “namby-pamby noncommittal crap.”
Point taken, though.
I’ve been wondering how Flea is doing. Glad to see he has broken radio silence at least momentarily – maybe he will grace Kevin’s readers with a comment or two.
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