Cap'n Dank, I think you got sidetracked from the thread topic a bit and misunderstood. I never said others don't work hard in other parts of the world. They do--and for paltry salaries, too.

In this thread above, we were discussing the effort versus financial rewards for American physicians, not the comparative effort others in other jobs and industries and working conditions around the world expend. So when I said that anyone who's not been through that level of study, long-hour workdays, and dedication to professional achievement can't really conceive how money alone doesn't keep a body going, I was referring to an understanding within the scope of the health care industry here in the United States.

Again, I'm aware that others work plenty hard all over. Goodness knows they work in awful conditions and for not nearly enough money. I've never disputed that. I just want to continue to emphasize that no American physician in his right mind goes willingly into this level of effort for nothing more than money. There's not any amount of money in the world that compensates for the effort we have to put into it. We tend to be reasonably intelligent high-achieving types, so if it were all about the money alone, we could go off into other professions like being a corporate executive or an entrepreneur or a rap star and earn a ton more. From the looks of my professors and the attendings on staff at the medical center where I'm doing rotations, I daresay power is a far greater motivator than money.

The topic at hand remains how we restore American health care to an institution that works well for the citizens it serves. And the answer, interestingly, in no way involves paying physicians more. It lies in restoring the voice that patients and physicians/practitioners have in making health care decisions together and in not letting big businesses who're motivated only by saving money through denial of care force decisions upon patients and practitioners that result in damage to their health and, in plenty of cases like denied transplants and cancer treatments, even in death.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . Do you think we should ask and involve nurses to fix the Health care system? I do, who better knows the ropes. They see (and listen)first hand what the patients are in need of and are lacking. I dont think a chump like McCain and a Loser like Obama can do squat for our health care.. I mean would you ask a baker how to change the Flux capacitor in the Delorean. No, you would ask doc brown.. I dont think greedy chumps on capital hill, or greedy Doctors are the key. Ask the people who have been bedside with people going thru hell and show love and compassion for Rating: 5