James Kennedy writes
>I have to admit some of the recent anti-lawyer comments on GP-UK smack =
>of smug self satisfaction (doctors are the only professionals who help =
>people) and suggest that doctors have the copyright on professional =
>ethics and community service. Patently Bullshit!
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>We can deplore the excesses of the legal system, but we should equally =
>deplore the excesses of the medical profession. Our profession has, and =
>continues to be, involved in some less than professional and ethical =
>practices. We live in glasshouses
I fear there will always be friction between our two professions
for a fundamental and important reason. Doctors spend a great
deal of time with their patients trying to get them to come
to terms with the unfairnesses of an imperfect world while
lawyers do the opposite. Can you get more opposite than that?
Doug Jenkinson
Keyworth Health Centre, Bunny Lane, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5JU.
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