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Medical
Malaise
BY STEVE FISHMAN
Once upon a time, doctors who made it through those eight grueling years
of medical training were rewarded with a professional life that
virtually guaranteed affluence, independence, and nothing short of
reverence from their health-care colleagues and the culture at large.
That was before managed care swamped them with paperwork, chipped away
at their incomes, and turned them into cogs in the health-care machine.
Or at least that's their self-diagnosis. And you were wondering why
their bedside manner can leave something to be desired. Cont |
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"There's a lot of sitting around the table and
asking, 'Where did we go wrong?'"
-- A family doctor, "Medical Malaise" |
Public awareness
It is in the public interest to educate themselves to
participate in the making of a new system.
      
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