Docs seek gag orders to stop patients' reviews
(AP)
AP - The anonymous comment on the Web site RateMDs.com was unsparing: Very unhelpful, arrogant, it said of a doctor. Did not listen and cut me off, seemed much too happy to have power (and abuse it!) over suffering people. Such reviews are becoming more common as consumer ratings services like Zagat's and Angie's List expand beyond restaurants and plumbers to medical care, and some doctors are fighting back.

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