What happened when Dr. Leana Wen started a website where doctors could reveal their conflicts of interest? Dr. Wen tells us in a TED Talk.
What your doctor won’t disclose
Leana Wen
TED Talk
Nov 2014
They told me that I'm a traitor
to my own profession,
that I should be fired,
have my medical license taken away,
that I should go back to my own country.
My email got hacked.
In a discussion forum for other doctors,
someone took credit
for "Twitter-bombing" my account.
Now, I didn't know if this
was a good or bad thing,
but then came the response:
"Too bad it wasn't a real bomb."...
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