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We Can Judge What is Important to a Society By Reflecting on How They Treat the Ones That Care for Them.
Physician suicide letters PAMELA WIBLE, MD | PHYSICIAN | APRIL 21, 2014 I asked why physicians were dying by suicide. Here’s what they told me: “I definitely graduated from med school with PTSD. It has changed me forever. My mom’s friend that I have known since I was born saw me for the first time since I went to…
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The Medicare Data Dump: How the Government Gave Physicians the Finger
The Medicare data dump: How the government gave physicians the finger JORDAN GRUMET, MD | POLICY | APRIL 29, 2014 According to a study by Jackson Healthcare, the percentage rate of U.S. physician compensation is among the lowest of western nations. In 2011, physicians’ salaries compromised 8.6 percent of the nation’s total health care costs. This is in comparison…
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New Poll Reveals Most Attending Surgeons Are Secretly Jealous of 80 Hour Work Week
Egan, ND – A poll of practicing surgeons at the recent Society of Magnificent Surgeons meeting revealed that 92% of those polled were secretly jealous of their trainees 80 hour work week requirement. “For Pete’s sake,” gasped Charles Henry Pennybottom, III, MD, laparoscopist. “They clock out at 8 in the morning in the middle of…
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