I have been reading the postings regarding your survey,
David, with great interest. One thing keeps nagging me,
however. And since you brought it up again, I thought I'd
comment. I've been concerned about this list of patients
that Dr. Iocono provided you. Whenever I have attempted to
acquire names of patients for research purposes, the
physician involved MUST first ask his/her patients if it's
okay to release their names. I understand that you, in your
informal survey, were not under the scrutiny of human
subjects review boards, but Dr. Iocono is bound by
doctor-patient confidentiality. It's no wonder that other
physicians would not release such a list, as you stated in
your last posting. Perhaps Dr. Iocono did receive
permission before releasing this list -- if so, would you
please let us know.
Thank you.
Nancy Solomon
