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Doctors!!!

Another one of those problems out here that I have found more and more compelling as well as frustrating in my life as well as for the whole world is that doctors of today seem not really concerned with their patients anymore, when practicing their profession rather focusing on symptom treatment and "pills" (so to speak) than the causes and real health or well being of the patient. Also that they are weigh too much focused on the money they "deserve" and the competition (do I smell another form of my favorite word conformism in the latter?). I have had a lot of discussions with some medicine students (not coincidently), and though I thought a lot of them wouldn't come out for it, I was surprised to learn that a lot of them dó admit that (the promise of) money is a big part in their decision to study medicines!!
Of course it's not merely doctors, but the whole health care institution that is becoming more and more of a profiting "machine".
I have several stories about all of what I said above, this in my own experience, but this will maybe be for another time. Still, it has been on my mind so much lately that I can sometimes crawl up the walls from this surrealistic (be it natural evolved) situation! Now, coincidently, Toob, a very positive and active friend of mine, passed along a movie. Having watched it, I learned that there is even a strong and true story about this and still a somewhat famous, though successful person around that is actually trying to address these problems!! The movie is called Patch Adams (film) (Official site), the real guy Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams (Official website) and one of his projects, the Gesundheit! Institute (Official Website). (My what-probably-would-be prejudice being surprised to find such a strong and outspoken person in the U.S.!)

This "phenomenon" is another reason to strive for a much more equally divided world (be it money, resources, health care, environment, -..). You see, who else than the "real" doctors would come forward if doctors wouldn't earn such a lot of money all of a sudden? (Just as with politicians.) And I am not saying that doctors deserve no merit at all, but doesn't being a "better" person (as doctors like to portray themselves, nonetheless must have some qualities that allow them to pass their studies) also comes with a higher responsability?
There are some good doctors out there, of course, I am just referring to the majority of doctors, at least in my and my environment's experience.

Comments

Anonymous said…
My real utopie, simplified: everyone earns (about) the same (per hour) (van Einstein tot ongeaarde kloot)

Being better, just means doing more with the same efforts (and it's the effort that should be paid, not the result))
Anonymous said…
wel ja, ik ken het probleem maar al te goed
Renaat said…
Hi, instead of having a "money" discussion, (in this story) I rather find an attitude problem. The profit abuse, the pseudo helping, the pill abuse (I don't know about the content of the movie), but they all are lack-of-attitudes. One great teacher said: "What you are capable of achieving is determined by your talent and ability. What you attempt to do is determined by your motivation. How well you do something is determined by your attitude" (Lou Holtz). So people often get paid to do 'the job', but they have lack of doing it well! However more important to decide is "what can I do about it?'. Lou Holtz would say "Do right".
Ruby said…
So true, Renaat!

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