Early shot against Moore detected - divide and conquer

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Cindy Burcato on Channel 5 news Mpls-St Paul had a staff discussion on this and reached the conclusion that this study is just wrong.

http://www.twincities.com/ci_6228215?nclick_check=1

Doctors' talk about selves doesn't help patients, study finds
BY GINA KOLATA
New York Times
Article Last Updated: 06/25/2007 11:49:21 PM CDT

Their paper, published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, involved 100 primary-care doctors in the Rochester, N.Y., area. As part of a study on patient care and outcomes, the doctors agreed to allow two people trained to act as patients come to their offices sometime over the course of a year. The test patients would surreptitiously make an audio recording of the encounter. The investigators analyzed recordings of 113 of those office visits, excluding situations when the doctors figured out the patient was fake.

Other things to expect:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1192867&mesg_id=1194247