leftunspoken's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Healthcare is doomed...or...Why my job sucks My boss is wonderful. My awful residents (who I alternately call "my darlings") complained to him that I am "abrasive." He told them it was a learned response; and explained that they couldn't complain about what they themselves had done to me. (When he told me what he said, I hugged him.) If they wouldn't behave like toddlers, perhaps I'd be less abrasive. These are doctors. It's so discouraging to go home at the end of the day knowing that you just had to explain to people who will soon be making $150,000/yr and responsible for people's lives, that it's wrong to look me in the face and lie; no, they can't skip clinics to go to the bank; and why they can't use their accrued sick time to go on vacation. I'm frightened for the future of medicine. 8:59 a.m. - March 19, 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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