Originally Posted by HercDriver130

i dont think you addressed the article at all. as for your statistic of 1.84 percent negative thats crap as well.... whats more telling is that nearly HALF of those who did respond said they would leave.... now thats just as viable a way of looking at those numbers as the way you presented them.

FWIW... i was listening to talk radio yesterday afternoon 870am WWL. And they were talking to several doctors about the medical field. One had gone into research because he felt the liability of OB practice was to great today and the other was speaking about the reality of private practice medicine today and that many doctors are just not prepared for the BUSINESS side of medicine and how much time it takes..AND that he was aware of Doctors who had left active practice because of insurance headaches... both filing for patients and the malpractice side of things.

Listen, I am not bashing the medical profession on any level but the reality is while it may be more financially lucrative, it certainly has its downsides as well. Oh and for a close to home example of someone who left the medical field... my older sister was a Physical Therapist for 15 years. She was a burn specialist and worked in two very large burn centers in this country. AFter 15 years she had seen enough ( and she was VERY well paid, and took a huge paycut to leave PT )....... she got her 2nd masters in Landscape Architecture.... there ya go.