tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8451907209591036222..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Cancer of Our ProfessionDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5283117310844805052015-01-20T12:59:40.265-06:002015-01-20T12:59:40.265-06:00Well said, I agree unreservedly.Well said, I agree unreservedly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19828873171057658092015-01-20T07:04:40.857-06:002015-01-20T07:04:40.857-06:00Wonderful quote.
I would make one minor change to...Wonderful quote.<br /><br />I would make one minor change to quote:<br /><br />"non-practicing ivory tower elite physician, hospital administrators and bureaucrats"drbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12824446619993944705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72672030696632805992015-01-20T05:01:43.258-06:002015-01-20T05:01:43.258-06:00Dr. Wes
You aren't going to want to hear this...Dr. Wes<br /><br />You aren't going to want to hear this, but I will post anyway. Physicians who get too enamored with the dignity of the profession have always created a weakness for doctors generally. The only way to combat the bullying is to organize. Yet, that is the last thing physicians will do. There is no history of any group gaining power without organization. Unfortunately this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89804488735987862012015-01-19T19:36:04.627-06:002015-01-19T19:36:04.627-06:00Nothing is more emblematic of this divide than lis...Nothing is more emblematic of this divide than listening to one of the elite academic leaders touting the dramatic decrease in cardiovascular mortality over the last ten years as some sort of accomplishment of the bureaucracy that they or their professional society (read other elites) developed rather than a concerted effort of the grunts in the trenches. It is usually followed by the rigmaroleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-76085961305395455902015-01-19T16:32:42.529-06:002015-01-19T16:32:42.529-06:00It is up to us, as practicing physicians, and stew...It is up to us, as practicing physicians, and stewards of our profession, to resolve the issues that divide us, rather than wallow in our own self pity. I believe we should start my reaching out to those who once cherished and revered us as their trusted advocates - our patients. We must reestablish that sacred relationship and use it to unite us. It is in that spirit that I undertook the task ofAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174605174794801408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-22956472651437739922015-01-19T12:48:14.282-06:002015-01-19T12:48:14.282-06:00"Never has the divide between the practicing ..."Never has the divide between the practicing work-a-day physician and the non-practicing ivory tower elite physician been greater. It is the cancer of our profession: quick to spread, difficult to contain."<br /><br /><br />In a letter published May 2, 2006 in the Annals of Internal Medicine I wrote<br /><br />"A continuing decline in professional stature and income, when coupled Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112665690944336112noreply@blogger.com