Dear Ahmad,
I sympathise with the idea's.
I see the problems we (in both countries) face.
They (the politicians, the money providers) try to control us using the
tactics they know, using the instuments they know.
So they re-organise and change things.
And since they control through changing economics they want to believe that
Health Care can be treated the same way as any other market.
It is my believe that Health Care is not an ordinary economic market.
It's dealing with people and not a product from any shelf.
So I agree with you for 100%
On the other hand. The freedom you demand has an other side of the same coin.
Since Health Care is a relative scarce expensive commodity we - the
physicians- should dispense this commodity with care. It demands that we do
the sensible things in a sensible way, in an accountable way. This must be
a priority.
Only if we succeed to prove that we are sensible and accountable the
community will give us the freedom we need to function.
It demands a pro-active attitude of the physicians and their representing
bodies.
This is more ore less the policy of my Dutch GP-organisation.
We have quality programs plus programs to cut costs and as a result we get
more influence and our income is not in discussion (yet! - I allways
distrust government)
So sign me up.
Greetings
Gerard Freriks
At 9:59 AM +0000 3/8/98, Ahmad Risk wrote:
>On 03/08/98 12:17:24, Gerard Freriks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Tell me more!
>>
>>In principle I agree.
>
>DFI (de-fi) is a new association of doctors who wish to preserve the
>sanctity of medical practice without coercion, imposition or fear.
>
>DeFI is an association of doctors who wish restore the principles of
>clinical and intellectual freedom, independence of all political
>pressures and individuality in the art and science of the practice of
>medicine.
>
>DFI respects other's point of view. It does, however, believe that
>greed and competition are bad for the proper and honourable practice of
>medicine.
>
>DFI also believes that the constant re-organisation of our affairs has
>the following effects:
>
> a) it exposes all the hitherto hidden differences between
> doctors
> b) it exploits these differences by pitting doctor against
> doctor as it is clearly shown by all the different power
> bases and politicking that is going on now
> c) it submerges the doctors in endless arguments and re-organisation
> debates and change so that they really have no time at all
> to properly organise themselves to address the real issues
> d) as a result, these real issues never get addressed because
> doctors are forever running around in phony re-organisation
> after another
>
>If you really want to improve things, you allow the traditional forces
>the time and space to properly organise. If your real agenda is to
>thwart that process of sound organisation, you impose your own
>re-organisation. By the time doctors begin to recover from one, they
>are hit by yet another. These are well known and documented tactics.
>
>DFI in a nutshell:
>
>1. Doctors have the power to regain what has been lost and eroded
>2. Doctors know what is best for their patients
>3. Doctors have the intellectual and professional gravitas to determine
> their own affairs
>4. The practice of medicine must always be free of political or other
> manipulation
>5. The time has come for doctors to stand up for what they believe in
> and what they regard as professional duty and obligation
>
>If you are interested in advancing the principles of clinical freedom,
>independence and individuality, join 'DFI' by writing to me.
>
>Best...
>
>Ahmad
>
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