I must be part of the lucky ones as my family doc still makes house calls. There are a lot of very caring doctors and over the years i meet quite a few, who work on occasion with out fee.. Though there are a lot of jurks there are many who are exceptional people.
My hat is off to them. Allan On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 6:33 AM, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > "... On Apr 10, 1:46 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> > wrote: ..." > > > "...If doctors were paid less, > > the quality of medicine would decrease. ..." - MB > > > > Perhaps in a culture that deifies avarice...otherwise, this too is but > > an assumption. > > Not only is it an assumption, it is incorrect as well. As was pointed > out to me not too long ago in this very forum when I was deriding the > medical profession as one which does no pro bono work, there are quite > a few doctors working for a pittance to provide health care to the > indigent and others who may not have access to higher priced > medicine. Doctors Across Borders was just one of the organization of > doctors held up to me to show me the error of my words. > > On the other hand, I miss the physician of my youth who worked out of > his old brownstone home and would make house calls in the middle of > the night. His expertise and quality of care would certainly not hold > up in light of today's medicine but that personal touch was warm and > reassuring. Something completely lacking in today's practice. > > > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
