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Goeff's avatar

Tragically, most doctors today function as little more than hired hands but that goes as well for anyone employed by large corporations. You are smart for seeing the trap and having the guts to avoid it.

It's really sad to think of how many years and how much effort docs have invested to secure their own slavery.

Just as the military seems to be finding it difficult to find good people, medicine will increasingly find that to be true as well. Part of the problem is that the quality of our journalists and politicians has been in a tailspin for decades too.

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Rosemary B's avatar

they get kick backs from pharma. Either in the form of vacations, parties or free fancy dinners. I know this.

So, if you are a doc in a "group", you might be able to decide how to treat your patients conservatively, or you might give in to the pressure of offering a new med that is horribly expensive but "we can give you a coupon". pharma needs people taking meds, Not old meds, new meds

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