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• Doctors do constitute one of the more privileged classes of society, yet obviously they still share all the normal human foibles.Plenty of them care more about their wallets than the well-being of other citizens. Medical care is a mixed bag, and the appearance and reality of conflict of interest certainly does not help patient confidence. I have an older relative who as a former nurse even claimed that pointing out the flaws of the medical system constitutes an unfair prejudice: judge not, so you will not be judged--but this happens to be a social justice and equality issue. There's plenty of inequity and lack of compassion in the U.S. medical system. The medical model unhelpfully focuses on illness, not health. Professionals need to be held accountable. Recently saw a cartoon that said that physicians hand- in- hand with Big Pharma practice "medicine" not health.
  in Dollars for Doctors
  Wednesday January 25, 2012, 02:01 PM