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The Utility of Ranking Ophthalmology Centers The Ranking of Ophthalmology Centers in Ophthalmology and Lay Publications Is Not Appropriate for Medicine in Today's Business World
Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1579-1580.
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WHEN I entered medical school 37 years ago, my ultimate goal was to pursue excellence in the service of patient care, research, and teaching. This virtuous and humanitarian goal flowed from values instilled by my family. The one value that I continue to hold above all others is that every patient is a disadvantaged person to whom my utmost respect is due. Unfortunately, with recent changes in medicine emphasizing the profit motive, physicians must be very careful not to distort medicine's professional hallmark, which is to serve the best interest of the individual patient, unencumbered by financial conflict of interest.
The ways in which ranking distorts the hallmark image of the profession follow below.
RANKING AS A BUSINESS- CENTERED ADVERTISING TECHNIQUE
Periodicals use ranking to sell copies, and institutions that are highly ranked use rankings to sell themselves to patients. The widespread popularity of ranking is a reflection of the profit motive for periodicals and institutions, rather . . . [Full Text of this Article]
RANKING TREATS MEDICINE AS A COMMODITY RATHER THAN A VIRTUOUS RESPONSIBILITY
RANKING IS DECEIVING PATIENTS RATHER THAN BUILDING THEIR TRUST
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