Friday, September 11, 2009

TED Talks: Our buggy moral code

At TED, Dan Ariely talks about people who cheat - and why they do.

With all the information coming out about faked and ghostwritten medical papers, we know that Ariely's thoughts and observations have relevance in health care. Any patient who has been given short shrift by a doctor - getting less than their due in a fifteen minute appointment - knows this is true. This link discusses people in the medical profession who take advantage of patients who have brain injuries.

Is your doctor cheating you?


URL link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdsTizSxSI