In a message dated 05/04/98 17:52:47 GMT, Peter Wilson wrote:
<< Probably naive in the extreme but aren't "Professions" supposed to share
certain features like autonomy, self-regulation, etc>>
A nice thought. My experience of the "self rgulating mechanisms" is they
don't give a damn for the interests of patients and are most concrerned with
shoring up the image of the medical establishment.
<<HTF did the Dentists manage it ??? >>
I susect if our contract allowed (or forced) us to charge patients 80% of the
cost of treatment we wouldn't find it too hard to dump it anf "go private".
Whether we would be any better off is another matter. Whether our patients
would be is another still...
Michael Blackmore, West Moors, Dorset
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