How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession

Re:How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession by aaronem on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @06:35PM (#7594760)

> If doctors have the final say on all matters, they don't have a patient - they have a subject.

"Extremist language" indeed, and true only in cases where the doctor can forbid the patient from going to another doctor.

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Re:How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession by baddox on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @06:42PM (#7594791)

> If doctors have the final say on all matters, they don't have a patient - they have a subject.

In a competitive market of doctors, profit motive will tend to cause doctors to meet the demands of patients.

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Re:How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession by avoutthere on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @06:59PM (#7594853)

Unfortunately, the culture in the U.S. is taking us in exactly the opposite direction from medical competition.

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