Can't say I didn't enjoy this article.
"The Falling-Down Professions"
Economic Conditions-Economic trends-legal profession-lawyers-prestige-doctors - New York Times
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In a typical complaint, Dr. Yul Ejnes, 47, a general internist in Cranston, R.I., said he was recently forced by Medicare to fill out requisition forms for a wheelchair-bound patient who needed to replace balding tires. “I’m a doctor,” he said, “not Mr. Goodwrench.” ...
EVEN the language of contemporary medicine has eroded the physician’s sense of majesty.
“What irritates me the most is the use of the term ‘provider,’” said Dr. Brian A. Meltzer, an internist in Pennington, N.J., who now practices pro bono on the side, but works full time for Johnson & Johnson’s venture capital division. “We didn’t go to provider school.”
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