Gag orders sought against doctor reviews

So now it's illegal to criticize bad medical care?

With websites around to review everything from hotels to books, it should be no surprise that some sites let you review doctors.

If you see one negative review about a physician, there's a chance it could just be a disgruntled patient spouting off for no reason. But if a doctor has 20 bad reviews, that should raise a red flag.

So some physicians are trying to prevent bad reviews by making patients sign a waiver agreeing not to publicly criticize the doctor.

America's medical system expends all this effort trying to muzzle criticism, when it won't even improve its own level of service?

You can post reviews about dumb books and whatnot, but you can't even post reviews about professionals who have your life in their hands? What would the reaction be if authors forced anyone who buys their book off Amazon to agree never to post a bad review of it?

I've had decent doctors before, but if I get an incompetent quack, shouldn't I be allowed to say so?

The practice of forcing patients to sign these waivers should be outlawed.

(Source: http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=106&sid=1615563)