Recent Feedback For The Placebo Gazette

I am a doctor by profession and stumbled upon the site while surfing the net. How is it that it is not advertised on the various medical sites? This would enable more of us to share this site more easily. I am very happy that i came across it by chance. I hope those thousands of other Doctors out there do not face such a fate as me!  Thank you and keep up the good work. - Dr. Amarjeet Singh Gill


I am a Pediatrician.  The Placebo Gazette just popped up one day.  I enjoy it and quote a lot of your stories to my colleagues and the nurses. - Harry Wander


I found out about the Gazette from one of the Dr's at work. I love it. I have the picture of Co-Operation hanging at my desk. How true!!!!! - Wanda Marion


Thanks for a great newsletter! - Nicholas Browning


Family doc. A copy was forwarded to me by a colleague and it made me laugh out loud. Given the needs of my patients, the funding constraints of our health care system and the system demands for productivity that try to crush me daily, I need a little humor to keep from crying. - Pam Pentin


Emergency Physician. Got a copy of placebo journal a while back and then a solicitation came over email somehow! Hurray! I still love the "MOCUS" article from a few years back and think of it when I encounter difficult patients who suck the very life out of you! These poor souls just remind me that some people were meant to be single!!!! - Gary Gaddis


Long suffering spouse of a psychiatrist -I don't remember how I first heard about the Placebo Gazette but I love it. - Doreen Taravella, Administrator for Buffalo Neurosurgery Group


Received your e-mail sample. It is great! - David Clabeaux


I'm a neurologist at a VA hospital. Even though I can't relate to everything in your newsletter as I'm not in private practice, nor work for an HMO, there are certain universal truths. (I have my own set of problems at the VA). It is comforting (!) to read this newsletter, because it makes me realize I'm not alone with all the frustrations a medical career has to offer. I think I might have signed up a while back, but I never received anything in the mail. I would like to keep receiving your e-newsletter. Thanks! - Marian Sowa


ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON. IT JUST CAME TO ME ONE DAY. SEEMS VERY RELEVANT TO MY PRACTICE. - JAMES DAUPHIN


Pediatric critical care physician. Received newsletter without request - but I liked it. - Diana Lyn Davidson


I am a physician (neuropsychiatrist). I saw this once before and thought it was great -- just hilarious, and who doesn't need a bit more levity. Then I got this email. Keep 'em coming, please! - Carol Tavani


MD solo practice ophthalmology, somehow you got past the spam filters and I'm glad you did. I look forward to more issues. 20 yrs ago I looked forward to Private Practice magazine each month. This could be the modern answer. Thanks in advance. - Clifford Meyers


Neurosurgery; I rec'd an e-mail sample & invitation. This newsletter is great! It is not political, but the sad reality of the state of medicine!  Thanks. - Dale Horne


I'm an MD Anesthesiologist. The Gazette just showed up in my mailbox. Dunno how... It looks pretty cool. - Diana Liley


Family Physician. A friend sent me a copy and really enjoyed your no-nonsense, reality based view of modern medical practice!  Thanks,  - Tim LaVan, MD


The Placebo Gazette just showed up in my Inbox one day and made me smile. - Catherine Roberts MD


OB/GYN, and I got the PG in my email. Not sure how it made its way there but it did and I would like to see some more. Thanks. - Erik Reinertson


Medical Oncologist, e-mail yesterday about Placebo journal, first I've heard of you and today's e-newsletter...I'll review and probably subscribe. We need an effective voice for the things destroying our ability to care for patients. - Linda Bosserman, MD


Pediatric pulmonologist - Placebo Journal ad showed up on my email & looks interesting, so does the Placebo Gazette. Show me. - Marilyn Gowen MD


Anesthesiologist; You sent me an unsolicited email. Best unsolicited email yet. - Carol Rose


Physician--I have been a happy subscriber to Placebo Journal for quite some time, much to the delight of the colleagues I share my issues with--and (lo and behold!) this just appeared on my computer. Am looking forward to receiving the E-newsletter. thanks for keeping us laughing during our dreary days of doctoring...  - Heidi Princess of the Pessaries, Heidi Bittner


Orthopaedic Surgeon interested in iatrogenic disability and quality care predicated on evidenced based principles. Got a notice in my e-mail. Don't know how you found me. I am past president of the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians. (AADEP) Keep the news letters coming...  - Thanks, William Blair


I am a physician, and liked the free copy of the Gazette today. Thanks for providing some levity at the end of a long day!  - Rajat Gupta


This email was very entertaining and provided me with some lighthearted solace while taking a break during lunch. I particularly liked the quote about operating on a patient you don't like, and also the quote about how would you like a terrorist to be in charge of homeland security. Thanks for the laughter; we all need this in our everyday life.  - Buddy Horwitz


Just remember, half of the bar sues us, the other half defends us. (I. e. One lawyer in town starves to death, two lawyers soon own the town)
Going to the law is like killing the milk cow for the meat, and giving the hide to the lawyer. (14th Cen. Saying).
“The first thing we do is kill all lawyers” (Shakespeare, Henry IV)  - Wayne Wheeler, Esq.


Just listened to all your radio spots. Keep up the good work! I just wanted to say,"Right on, brother!" I am a radiologist. One of my pet peeves is getting denied payment for a study I read because the insurance company says it was not indicated. What do I have to do with that? The ordering physician tells the patient to get the study, it is done, and the images are sent to me to read. I do my job quickly and with care. I help the patient and the doctor. Then, why shouldn't I be paid for my work? Ok, this is not so funny. I will think of something else. Thanks for doing this Placebo stuff. I needed it.  - Mark D. Herbst, M.D., Ph.D.


I'm a faithful reader of your Gazette and enjoy each issue. One may rightfully say I am a Placebo Gazette junkie.  Your Faithful Reader,  - Tim G. Bate,


Very entertaining and informative!  - John Rogers, Neurologist


Thanks, I enjoyed reading your message!  - Mike Somand


Physician specializing in Radiation Oncology--I never heard of you before this e-mail--your literature sounds intriguing.  - Thanks, Joann Leahy


Placebo Gazette just showed up on my screen one day. Case of "he followed me home. Can I keep him mom?"  - Elwood Schmidt MD


Physician, received a copy of E-newsletter and found it amusing.  - Marc Shulman


I am a nursing student at MCV in Richmond, VA. I had never heard of the Placebo Journal until my father, a local Psychiatrist, received a free subscription for submitting a story. Not only do I find your journal and e-newsletter incredibly entertaining, I am hoping that one of these days I will be able to start a similar type thing in the Nursing community one day (though, as Im sure all of you MDs know, nurses typically have much less of a sense of humor about patients!) We'll see- if a journal comes out in the next few years called "Shift Differential" or "Call Bell", consider yourself an inspiration!  - Kate Jennings


Orthopedic surgeon; it just showed up on my email one day and I liked it.  - David Lintner