In message <[log in to unmask]>, Paul Caldwell
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>shurely a case for the men in white coats?
Men in white coats? That is an unacceptably sexist statement. You really
meant to say "mental health professionals of either gender"
And white coats are out of date too
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>From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of TERENCE SCHOFIELD
>Sent: 02 July 1998 21:25
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: pcgs
>
>Ahmad is right.
>pcgs threaten primary care and general practice in many ways, but the changes
>are incremental and have been going on for twenty years. We are now entering
>the final phase when general paractice will be deprofessionalised. There has
>been a progressive weakening of ethical values. General practice has been
>parasitized by a management structure which contributes nothing to its
>efficacy, increases non medical workload, diverts medical attention away from
>patients to bizarre financial arrangements which have no real business purpose
>
>other than to create jobs for bureaucrats.
etc etc
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