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t>, Ahmad Risk <[log in to unmask]> writes
>On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 06:52:34 +0100, Mary Hawking wrote:
>
>>I always thought commercial breaks were there to allow you to get a cup
>>of coffee (or send an email!).. and my normal reaction is to turn the TV
>>off.. permanently.
>
>So, what do you do when you read the BMJ, Pulse, GO, Doctor, et al?
>What do you do when you open MIMS? Perhaps you don't :-)
>
>If by having ads on the desktop, the poor GP gets a decent machine for
>free, what is the problem?
>
>The 'ethics' of it or the quality of the content?
Neither
I can (and do) ignore printed advertisments
I resent *any* incursions into my time
It takes time to click delete ..
We are already 1000 GPs short.. sorry 1002 at least since Ahmed and
Declan resigned ...
Can the remainder *afford* to shortcharge their patients on consultation
time to read advertisments?
*If this gets forced on me, I promise - right now - to refuse to
prescribe anything that appears on my screen* I mean it. If I haven't
resigned, making the GP deficit 1003!
Mary
Mary Hawking Kingsbury Court Surgery Church Street Dunstable LU5 4RS
tel:01582 663218 (surgery)fax:01582 476488 (surgery)
Member of British Healthcare Internet Association
Dunstable and Houghton Regis Locality Commisssioning Pilot
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