tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post4250270765783544350..comments2023-10-31T04:16:04.331-05:00Comments on Feed Me!: Hitting a nerveHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-82301398930141099132008-01-19T18:30:00.000-06:002008-01-19T18:30:00.000-06:00Exactly. They'd have been thrilled.Exactly. They'd have been thrilled.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-45113805368660441752008-01-19T09:17:00.000-06:002008-01-19T09:17:00.000-06:00You touched a nerve that needs to be touched, poke...You touched a nerve that needs to be touched, poked, excavated, irrigated, and exposed to strong sunlight.<BR/><BR/>If your post had praised them they would not have been concerned about spontaneous publicity, I'll wager.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17219492984914810944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-37517301086551730182008-01-19T02:36:00.000-06:002008-01-19T02:36:00.000-06:00The question of the economics of healthcare is one...The question of the economics of healthcare is one that I am passionately interested in, but, as with most things, there probably isn't an easy answer. <BR/>Here in the UK the private service under the spotlight at the moment is prisons. Should private companies be allowed to make money (MY taxpayers money) out of the judicial system? If not, is the State going to control (and pay for) every lightbulb in the entire service? <BR/>By definition anyone paid to provide health services can be accused of making a buck out of the vulnerable. At least with you (and our) free press, they can be publicly held to account for it. Probably better than in China where the government try to control yahoo.Fiona Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985022521354870620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-33659530533073301182008-01-18T22:25:00.000-06:002008-01-18T22:25:00.000-06:00Too right, Mary.Anonymous, that's *almost* funny t...Too right, Mary.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, that's *almost* funny that you got no questionnaire. Almost funny because it's so damn blatant--as if not filling out a questionnaire could stop you from having an opinion or sharing it with others. <BR/><BR/>I think there are certain services in our society that should not be allowed to be profit-making. Treatment of eating disorders is one of them. Early childhood education is another. So long as someone's out to make a buck, vulnerable children will get hurt.<BR/><BR/>Is there anything we consider important enough to *not* make money on in this world?Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-57912557365907899252008-01-18T18:33:00.000-06:002008-01-18T18:33:00.000-06:00Harriet -- I share your perspective. At Center for...Harriet -- I share your perspective. At Center for Change www.centerforchange.com they normally give you a questionnaire to fill out on discharge. But I had raised serious questions about quality of care and on discharge there was no questionnaire for us. I followed up by email with my concerns, but got no response. So, I posted some of my concerns about CFC on Laura Collins' blog some time ago. I believe it's perfectly legitimate to share information in public about something as important as treating ED's. <BR/>A problem similar to the advertising brochures are the testimonials posted on many of the treatment centers' websites, including CFC's. They are one-sided and do not represent all, or perhaps even most, of the true opinions of their patients. They represent marketing at its worst.<BR/>The constant repetition of the same language in the testimonials, i.e. "the Center really changed my life" is spooky. These places can promote "groupthink" and a cult-like atmosphere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-25468796300371869562008-01-18T10:31:00.000-06:002008-01-18T10:31:00.000-06:00"We would appreciate the consideration of sending ..."We would appreciate the consideration of sending us such criticism directly, rather than taking your complaints immediately and directly to a public forum like your website."<BR/><BR/> I've heard that before! I think I'd prefer the open and honest approach any day over a brochure that reads as a sales pitch. They could have responded long ago on that post.<BR/>Book companies and learning programs actually use the same tactics to sell their "product" to the schools. The first time I heard a "sales pitch" involving something that shouldn't need a pitch I was disgusted at the idea that they'd even attempt it but also at how easily many people were exploited,"I'll take one of those and two of those" all while us tax payers, or in this case parents of sick children, have very little say. We deserve to have a say regardless of our education (me).<BR/> The part that saddens me is that it requires waking up parents to be advocates when they may be in a state of numbness or fear. <BR/> If Rogers is a great place they won't need the brochures as us parents who know people who can use their services will TELL them that it has a good workable program. It may very well be an excellent program but as you said, home should be the FIRST place that gives a person a safe place to fight their ED. Parents need to CHOOSE to see their children through recovery no matter how difficult it is and even if it means giving them over to a program that can help. It's no different than breathing or drinking water....humans need food to live and they need to keep it down and digest it the way it's meant to be digested. Our bodies are such brilliant machines when we use them properly.<BR/> Anyway Harriet, you did well to speak out!maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476646540007179475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-1471403515123890872008-01-18T08:13:00.000-06:002008-01-18T08:13:00.000-06:00Wow.That person is a Grade-A d-bag.(I reserve such...Wow.<BR/><BR/>That person is a Grade-A d-bag.<BR/><BR/>(I reserve such eloquent commentary for people of that caliber :P)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com