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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by loststone: [QB] Thanks! I don't know. The general premise that if you're worried about your health, you should go to a doctor and not let embarrassment stop you from doing that is a good one. And I'm sure they've shown some things that some people didn't consider to be a medical problem which they can now get treated. But, like you say and is demonstrated by today's programme, they can perpetuate misinformation; plus despite them saying this is, and trying to make it, a programme about looking after yourself and good health, it can at times be comparable to a freak show. And clearly the participants in the show (or at least some of them) are essentially being paid (either with money, and/or, more likely, private treatment) to expose themselves and their medical problems to the world; which I find pretty ethically iffy. I'm sure there is a more ethical and accurate way to present their basic message; unfortunately I'm also sure it would attract fewer viewers. (on a completely separate note; I always find it odd that people say "oh, the doctor's seen it all before" to imply people shouldn't be embarrassed: I know if I'm embarrassed about going to a doctor, it's definitely NOT about how the doctor's feeling. Kind of a "the doctor may have seen hundreds of Xs before, but I haven't had hundreds of people look at MINE before" thing) [/QB][/QUOTE]

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