01 August 2010

The Vanishing Oath ~ Physicians on Healthcare

Thanks to Dr Stanley Feld for spotting The Vanishing Oath, a documentary by Crash Cart Productions about the healthcare system from a physician's point of view. Writes Feld in his piece A Doctor's Vanishing Dream...
"It is the story of a physician’s disillusionment with his life’s dream and profession. It is the story of his discovery that many physicians feel the same way. It is a story of emotional exhaustion. [...] The time allotted to each patient has been truncated. Medical care is an art as well as a science. Most physicians believe in order to be therapeutically effective there is more art than science in the patient physician relationship."
And US healthcare "reform" seems to be not only missing the central issues, but even compounding them. See their video gallery or 'Tube channel or this sampler on "Special Interests" for an intro...

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