It would be even nicer to think he actually meant 'mental health
professionals of either sex'.
Senior Lurker
It is also misuse, jargonist, though sadly a common At 10:55 PM 7/7/98
+0100, you wrote:
>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And white coats are out of date too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
>
>
>--
>Toby Lipman 7, Collingwood Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tel
>0191-2811060 (home), 0191-2437000 (surgery)
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